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Air Force blames pilots for fatal F-15 collision
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 25 - 08 - 2008


Two inexperienced F-15C Eagle
pilots made errors that caused a fatal mid-air collision
during a combat training mission over the Gulf of Mexico,
Air Force investigators concluded in a report released
Monday, AP reported.
Both pilots misjudged how close they were to each other
and had less than two seconds to react before Capt. Tucker
Hamilton's wing sliced into 1st Lt. Ali Jivanjee's cockpit
in the Feb. 20 accident, investigators said.
«The cause of this mishap was pilot error. Both men
failed to clear their flight paths and did not recognize
their impending high-aspect, mid-air collision,» said
Brig. Gen. Joseph Reynes, the head of the seven-member Air
Force Accident Investigation Board.
Jivanjee, 26, died instantly. Hamilton, who is now
assigned to a non-flying position in Germany, ejected with
minor injuries.
The single-seat fighter planes were destroyed _ an $83
million loss for the Air Force.
Both men had excellent qualifications and flying records,
Reynes said.
«They were doing maneuvers we do every day thousands of
times in all of our air combat command flying aircraft,»
he said.
The report said both pilots did not have enough time
flying the F-15 to be experienced in the aircraft. Jivanjee
had fewer than 120 hours of flight time in the aircraft and
Hamilton had flown it just under the required 500 hours,
the report said.
The report noted Jivanjee passed too close to another jet
in a training flight the day before the collision, an
incident that wasn't reported to commanders.
Investigators said they found no mechanical or structural
problems in the two, nearly 30-year-old fighter jets, which
were part of the Air Force's aging and problem-plagued F-15
fleet. The 1979 and 1981 F-15s flown by the two Eglin Air
Force Base pilots were in good condition, Reynes said.


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