An Air Force instructor pilot at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas died Tuesday after an accident on Monday.
According to a statement from the base, the pilot with the 80th Flying Training Wing died Tuesday after being injured Monday when the ejection seat of theirPer Air Force policy, the pilot’s name is being withheld until 24 hours after the notification of next of kin.The T-6A Texan II is a single-engine two-seater aircraft that serves as a primary trainer for Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps pilots.
In a training flight, an instructor can sit in the front or back seat; both seats have lightweight Martin-Baker ejection seats that are activated by a handle on the seat.Student pilots prepare for take-off in the T-6 Texan II, on March 27, 2019, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Pilots train in the T-6 Texan II before moving on to other aircraft.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weeklyEjection seats have been credited with saving pilots' lives, but they also have failed at critical moments in aircraft accidents. Investigators identified ejection seat failure as a partial cause of an F-16 crash that killed 1st Lt. David Schmitz, 32, in June 2020.
In 2018, four members of a B-1 bomber crew earned the Distinguished Flying Cross when, with their aircraft on fire, they discovered one of the four ejection seats was indicating failure. Instead of bailing out, all of the crew decided to remain in the burning aircraft and land it so they all would have the best chance of surviving. All of the crew survived.
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