Report Blames Pilot in F-22 Crash

Says pilot shut down oxygen system

Tools

By CBS 11 News
Bio

Story Created: Dec 17, 2011 at 9:17 AM AKDT

Story Updated: Dec 17, 2011 at 9:17 AM AKDT

An air force accident investigation board report blames the pilot in a 2010 crash of an F-22 Raptor in the Alaska wilderness.

The AIB report confirms that the pilot, Air Force Captain Jeff Haney, caused the F-22 Raptor crash by shutting down the oxygen system. The AIB faults the pilot for not reacting quickly enough to activate the jet’s emergency oxygen system or recover from a dive he entered into as he struggled to regain his air supply.

The report raised questions among critics about the Air Force’s frequent blaming of pilots for accidents when there are hardware and software malfunctions. The crash happened south of the Denali Highway near Cantwell during a nighttime test mission in November of 2010.

 

 

You have indicated this comment should be removed.

Close

The comment has been submitted for review. Thank you .

Observer said on Saturday, Dec 17 at 10:39 AM

Procedures are pounded into pilots to allow rapid recovery from problems, they may have concluded he did not react fast enough to the failure.....but it was still a system failure. This is not a failure of an indicator in a 172 flying 95kts where you have lots of time to think. This failure caused the loss of a brave warrior and true hero to our country.

78583887
Inappropriate? Alert Us!

Add a comment

Name:

Comment: 1000 Characters Left

KTVA CBS 11 | Anchorage, Alaska News and Weather and its affiliated companies are not responsible for the content of comments posted or for anything arising out of use of the above comments or other interaction among the users. We reserve the right to screen, refuse to post, remove or edit user-generated content at any time and for any or no reason in our absolute and sole discretion without prior notice, although we have no duty to do so or to monitor any Public Forum.
This content requires the latest Adobe Flash Player and a browser with JavaScript enabled. Click here for a free download of the latest Adobe Flash Player.