How do they know it was due to maintenance problems?
I imagine the pilot reported the problem before hitting the ground.
My wholly uneducated guess is engine failure. In a single engine aircraft, that’s a BIG uh-oh.
That’s yet another reason why the F-35 is such a BAD idea.
It is curious to me that the term “maintenance problems” is used. To me, a pilot, that means that the problem was due to errors that persons, responsible for maintaining the aircraft, had in doing their job. “Mechanical problems” are usually the appropriate term to use.
Hey USAF, let’s make it more clear as to what the problem was, don’t leave the reader spinning, on fire, and about to crash!
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”.
How do they know it was due to maintenance problems?
I'm curious what they consider "maintenance problems". Stuff breaks...that's not maintenance. Are they saying mx did something wrong that caused the crash....
The plan was recovered.