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Its loss cost the Air Force more than $166 million, the service said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afjag.af.mil\/Portals\/77\/AIB-Reports\/2022\/19%20Oct%202023%20ACC%20F-35A%20388th%20FW%20Hill%20AFB%20AIB%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">a report released Thursday.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2022\/10\/20\/air-force-f-35-fighter-jet-crashes-in-utah-pilot-safely-ejects\/\">The accident unfolded<\/a> just after 6 p.m. local time on Oct. 19, 2022, as a quartet of F-35As returned to Hill from an \u201cuneventful\u201d training sortie, the report said. The jet that crashed, assigned to Hill\u2019s 421st Fighter Squadron, was approaching the base as the third aircraft in the four-ship formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As they prepared to land, the pilot felt a \u201cslight rumbling\u201d of turbulence from the wake of the aircraft in front of him, the report said. The bumpy air caused the F-35\u2032s flight controls to register incorrect flight data, and the jet stopped responding to the pilot\u2019s attempts at manual control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilot tried to abort the landing and try again, but the jet responded by sharply banking to the left. Further attempts to right the aircraft failed, and the pilot safely ejected north of the base. His F-35 crashed near a runway at Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The entire incident lasted less than 10 seconds, the report showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft \u201clooked like a totally normal F-35 before obviously going out of control,\u201d an F-35 test pilot who watched the accident from the ground told investigators. \u201cI did see really large flight control surface movements \u2014 [stabilizers], trailing edge flaps, rudders all seem to be moving pretty rapidly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators found that the pilot involved in the crash hadn\u2019t followed turbulence procedures in effect that day. That requires airmen to fly farther apart, with at least 9,000 feet between landings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the report noted that the F-35\u2032s flight manual tells pilots to space out their landings by 3,000 feet, and doesn\u2019t specify how far apart they should be in case of turbulence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simulations confirmed that the issue stemmed from the jet\u2019s misinterpretation of the flight data, not the physical effects of turbulence itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe F-35 enterprise has over 600,000 flight hours and this is the first known occurrence where wake turbulence had this impact on the air data system,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force said the likelihood of a similar accident happening again is minimal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs with any aircraft accident, we will incorporate the findings from this report as appropriate to improve processes and enhance flight safety across the Air Force,\u201d an Air Combat Command spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-35A is the Air Force\u2019s most advanced stealth fighter for aerial reconnaissance, ground strike and air defense missions. 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