Investigation Complete
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INVESTIGATION FINDINGS ON THE RSAF F-16C FIGHTER AIRCRAFT CRASH ON 19 MAY 04 IN ARIZONIA, USA
On 19 May 04, a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16C fighter aircraft crashed into the ground approximately 160km south of Luke Air Force Base during a night training mission in Arizona in the United States. The RSAF pilot, LTA Loo Kwang Han, did not survive the crash. The RSAF consequently convened a Higher Board of Inquiry (HBOI) to investigate the cause of the accident.
The HBOI has completed its investigations and concluded that the incident was attributable solely to human factor. The late LTA Loo could have experienced gravity-induced loss of consciousness or spatial disorientation, which resulted in his inability to recover the aircraft from an inverted position.
The incident was not a result of negligence or foul play on the part of the late LTA Loo or any other person. The cause of LTA LooÂ’s death was multiple blunt force injuries as a result of the crash.
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basically, he got upside down at night and flew into the ground? geez. thats rotten luck.
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yeap...its very difficult to navigate the sky n ground at nite..Originally posted by HENG@:basically, he got upside down at night and flew into the ground? geez. thats rotten luck.
but some local say that they saw the plane coming down like a shooting star...
very different from the investigation result..
the sources i got when the incident happen..also say that LTA Loo might have mis-navigate also.. -
damn.may his spirit rest in peace.
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Read up on Spatial Disorientation and G-LOC.....it can explain why he came down like a shooting star.....
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well he got upside down n flew closer to the ground, then maybe he heard the anti collision warning and he pulled up like it told him to, and maybe he engaged the afterburners, so thats why he came down like a shooting star.Originally posted by NathanG5:yeap...its very difficult to navigate the sky n ground at nite..
but some local say that they saw the plane coming down like a shooting star...
very different from the investigation result..
the sources i got when the incident happen..also say that LTA Loo might have mis-navigate also.. -
took him 8-10 seconds to drop 20,000 feet
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he must have dived into the ground while inverted, thinking he was pulling up... poor sod.Originally posted by kopiosatu:took him 8-10 seconds to drop 20,000 feet -
The death of LTA Loo reminded me of a similar accident that happened to an F-16 pilot from the USAF . I can't remember the year or the date but during that time of the accident, the USAF blamed the crash on the pilot error & tried to cover-up the whole incident. Had it not been of the determination of the wife of the pilot, who was very sure her husband did not err, the real truth would not have been discovered that when her husband took off from the airbase, he flew into some heavy clouds & encounter some turbulance which cost his plane to be inverted. The pilot did not know he was inverted as his instruments became faulty after the shock from the turbulance, so he did what the SOP taught to pilots flying in thick clouds, pull-up. He did that & ended up crashing into the ground. I can't recall why the USAF covered-up the incident.
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my condolences
