[jagusafr]

Maybe they weren’t able to account for the seat safing pin. Far as “maintenance”, that’s the only thing I can think of in this kind of situation. Otherwise, they’d go with something like “catastrophic failure” or “pilot error”.

[xone]

Otherwise, they’d go with something like “catastrophic failure” or “pilot error”.

Final report may read just like that.

[Red_Devil 232]

My first thought also, ejection seat safety pin not removed. But those things have very noticeable bright orange flags attached to them.