T-45C Goshawk
Posted on 09/19/2021 2:07:52 PM PDT by DFG
A military aircraft crash was reported on Sunday morning in Lake Worth, Texas that left three homes damaged and two pilots injured.
The two pilots ejected from the aircraft were taken to the hospital with one in critical condition and the other in stable condition.
The pilots, an instructor and a student, were using the aircraft as part of a military training course near Corpus Christi International Airport.
Lake Worth Police Chief J.T. Manoushagian said the student pilot was found in the power lines and the instructor in the neighborhood after they were ejected from the aircraft. The plane was found in the backyard of a home.
The student pilot was seen engulfed in flames before hitting powerlines, a witness told CBS 11.
The names of the pilots have not yet been released and the cause of the crash is currently unknown.
The Fort Worth Fire Department and Lake Worth Police Department arrived at the scene as locals reported seeing the pilots in parachutes before the aircraft crashed down between the 4000 blocks of Tejas Trail and Dakota Trail.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
T-45C Goshawk
Father God. Heal this student pilot from His injuries. In Jesus’ Name we pray. Amen.
The student pilot was seen engulfed in flames before hitting powerlines, a witness told CBS 11.
What could have caused that???!
Terrible.
“… The student pilot was seen engulfed in flames before hitting powerlines, a witness told CBS 11.…”
**************************************************************************
In flames BEFORE hitting the power lines? Wow… there’s a lot the accident reconstructionists are going to have to put together to figure this out.
It’s in a straight line with the runway.
No huge fire, not much fuel.
Did they run dry on the way to landing?
That doesn’t look like a T-45C, or even a jet. Same incident?
You sure you got the right picture there?
Praying for his full recovery, physically and mentally. God bless our heroes. I wonder if Milley told the Chinese not to worry about our in coming pilots?
Well... at least the basketball hoop survived.
How, will baffle accident reconstruction experts forever.
And provide a great advertising pic for the makers!
I remember a T38 ejection at Offutt and they ejected sliding along the ground.
One pilot ejected while sliding on level ground then going down an embankment the other pilot was shot forward and landed face first.
How, will baffle accident reconstruction experts forever.
I suspect the plane slide in from left to right as viewed in that picture. It may have rotated after hitting the ground.
Look at the tail, it’s shoved into the fuselage. It must have dropped tailfirst out of the powerlines.
No fire = No fuel
My guess is that it is witness error that one pilot was afire before hitting the power lines.
The picture of the crashed aircraft is not a T-45.
Either the picture of the crash is not the crash that is written about above
Or a T-45 was not involved.
Prayers for those involved.
“No huge fire, not much fuel.
Did they run dry on the way to landing?”
Well OK, but that wouldn’t cause the pilot to burst into flames.
that is a student pilot with bad bad luck
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.