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Cockpit recorders needed in CF-18s - military report
CanWest News Service; Edmonton Journal
Published: Thursday, July 13, 2006
EDMONTON -- All CF-18s should be fitted with cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders, recommended the Canadian military in a report into the 2003 fatal crash of a CF-18 near Cold Lake, Alta.
Investigators concluded it will never be known for certain what caused 38-year-old Kevin Naismith's supersonic jet to spin out of control, forcing the pilot to eject from the plane. The CF-18 was so badly damaged when it hit the ground that the exact cause of the accident couldn't be determined.
The culprit was probably a malfunctioning control system, said investigators, who also concluded there were a number of deficiencies in the CF18s escape system and the training and procedures associated with that system.
Naismith was found dead in his parachute in a wooded area 200 metres from his downed plane on May 23, 2003. Accident investigators concluded he'd been fatally injured while ejecting.
Naismith had been part of a four-plane formation that was taking part in Maple Flag, Cold Lake's annual multinational war games exercise.
Because the CF-18 has neither a cockpit voice recorder nor a flight data recorder, investigators had to analyze its flight profile using data collected by an instrument pod attached to its wing. That pod, fitted for the Maple Flag exercise, recorded the aircraft's flight path all the way to impact.
Edmonton Journal
Cockpit recorders needed in CF-18s - military report
CanWest News Service; Edmonton Journal
Published: Thursday, July 13, 2006
EDMONTON -- All CF-18s should be fitted with cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders, recommended the Canadian military in a report into the 2003 fatal crash of a CF-18 near Cold Lake, Alta.
Investigators concluded it will never be known for certain what caused 38-year-old Kevin Naismith's supersonic jet to spin out of control, forcing the pilot to eject from the plane. The CF-18 was so badly damaged when it hit the ground that the exact cause of the accident couldn't be determined.
The culprit was probably a malfunctioning control system, said investigators, who also concluded there were a number of deficiencies in the CF18s escape system and the training and procedures associated with that system.
Naismith was found dead in his parachute in a wooded area 200 metres from his downed plane on May 23, 2003. Accident investigators concluded he'd been fatally injured while ejecting.
Naismith had been part of a four-plane formation that was taking part in Maple Flag, Cold Lake's annual multinational war games exercise.
Because the CF-18 has neither a cockpit voice recorder nor a flight data recorder, investigators had to analyze its flight profile using data collected by an instrument pod attached to its wing. That pod, fitted for the Maple Flag exercise, recorded the aircraft's flight path all the way to impact.
Edmonton Journal