Report: Pilot Failed To Compensate For G-Forces In Blue Angels Mishap (15 Jan 2008)
The US Navy's final report on the April 2007 loss of an F/A-18 pilot during a performance of the Blue Angels aerial demonstration team concludes the pilot failed to properly tense his muscles to counter the g-forces from a high-speed turn ...
The Associated Press obtained the accident report through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request...
The investigation also found the Blues violated Navy policy by allowing the waiver allowing the pilots to fly without g-suits to expire in 2005 -- a lapse Ball called "a lack of careful attention to operating requirements." The waiver was reinstated following Davis' accident...
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...many here recognized it as a probable G-LOC, after viewing the brief video clips of the mishap.
Apparently, the U.S. Navy has been sitting on this final report for quite some time -- the Associated Press had to force it out into the public.