ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212007
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| Date: | Monday 11 June 2018 |
| Time: | 06:26 LT |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas F-15C Eagle |
| Owner/operator: | US Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 84-0008 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | At sea, S of Okinawa -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA/RODN) |
| Okinawa-Kadena AFB (DNA/RODN) | |
| Investigating agency: | USAF AIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The military fighter plane, assigned to 18th Wing, USAF, crashed into the sea, about 70 nm south of Kadena, after a technical malfunction (according to the initial news release) during a training flight with six other F-15s and F-22(s). The pilot ejected, however, received serious injuries including broken leg(s). The pilot was rescued by a helicopter of Japan Air Self-Defense Force at 07:45 LT, and sent to U.S. Naval hospital in Camp Foster.
The direct cause of the mishap was the pilot's initial improper application of forward stick with full right rudder, which resulted in the uncontrollable flight "due to the coupling of aerodynamic forces of yaw and roll," the AIB report states.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-fighter-jet-crashes-japan-pilot-safe/4433162.html
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180611-00000021-asahi-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180611-00000012-jij-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180611-00050008-yom-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180611-00000017-mai-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180611-00000032-asahi-soci
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20180611/k10011472011000.html?utm_int=all_side_ranking-access_001
https://theaviationist.com/2018/06/11/usaf-f-15c-eagle-down-off-kadena-japan-pilot-rescued/
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180611-00000021-ryu-oki
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190424-00050293-yom-soci
https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190424-00000039-asahi-soci
https://www.mod.go.jp/j/press/news/2019/04/24a.html
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/04/24/kadena-f-15-crash-due-pilot-error-forced-negative-g-spin.html
http://www.airforcemag.com/AircraftAccidentReports/Documents/2019/06112018_F15C_Kadena.PDF
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2018 04:44 | gerard57 | Added |
| 11-Jun-2018 04:45 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Jun-2018 06:48 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 11-Jun-2018 06:55 | isamuel | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2018 08:12 | sinfu2a | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2018 09:42 | isamuel | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2018 11:19 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Location] |
| 11-Jun-2018 19:27 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 24-Apr-2019 13:54 | isamuel | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2019 18:08 | Aerossurance | Updated [Registration, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2019 11:17 | harro | Updated [Source, Accident report, ] |
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