{"id":32210,"date":"2017-09-11T16:14:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T16:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/11\/pilot-error-caused-marine-osprey-crash-investigators-find\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:09","slug":"pilot-error-caused-marine-osprey-crash-investigators-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/09\/11\/pilot-error-caused-marine-osprey-crash-investigators-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot error caused Marine Osprey crash in Okinawa, investigators find"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pilot error led to an MV-22B Osprey crashing in shallow water off Okinawa nearly nine months ago, Corps officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Dec. 13, one of the Osprey\u2019s propellers hit a refueling basket and host during a regularly scheduled training mission, according to an official investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pilots decided to conduct a water landing rather than trying to fly the stricken aircraft over a populated area, according to an announcement Sunday from III Marine Expeditionary Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corps officials said the investigation determined that pilot error caused the crash, but Corps officials have not released a copy of the investigation despite a pending Freedom of Information Act Request by Marine Corps Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis was a regrettable incident but one that could have been much worse without the quick reaction of the crew and the support of our Okinawan and Air Force partners,\u201d Lt. 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Lawrence Nicholson, III MEF commander, said in a news release. \u201cWe will continue safe flight operations of the MV-22 and all of our aircraft in support of our alliance with Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2016\/12\/16\/second-osprey-incident-on-okinawa\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635677215664160702-1499470jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Second Osprey incident on Okinawa<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">An MV-22B Osprey had to land on padding when its landing gear failed to work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With advances in aircraft design, construction and maintenance, the vast majority of crashes these days are caused by pilot error, said retired Navy Cmdr. Chris Harmer, senior naval analyst at the Institute for the Study of War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith that said, what this finding leaves out is that reduced flight time and limited training opportunities are a direct contributing cause of pilot error,\u201d Harmer told Marine Corps Times on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPilots who do not get sufficient, dedicated flight time in a realistic training environment are far more likely to cause pilot error induced mishaps. Individual pilots can only be as proficient as their training and readiness budget allows them to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine aviation has been struggling for years to keep pilots flying amid deep budget cuts, shortages of spare parts, aging aircraft and delays in new planes and helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since March, the Department of Defense has prevented the Marine Corps and other services from telling reporters how many hours pilots are flying each month to avoid publicly disclosing readiness problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the Dec. 13, crash, the Marine Corps suspended all MV-22B flight operations in Japan for a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/2017\/08\/08\/three-marines-killed-in-osprey-crash-off-australia-identified\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17217794559408.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Three Marines killed in Osprey crash off Australia identified<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The three Marines killed Saturday when an MV-22B Osprey crashed off Australia have been identified.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is very important for Japanese citizens to understand and share our utmost confidence in the safety and reliability of the MV-22, or we would not continue flight operations,\u201d Nicholson said in a Dec. 19 statement. \u201cIt is equally important that we ensure our pilots have every opportunity to conduct training, which allows us to remain proficient, and enable us to respond when most needed in support of the alliance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Okinawans have expressed concern about having Ospreys based out of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, near the town of Ginowan. Opposition to having Ospreys next to a populated area has also become intertwined the efforts by Okinawans to get all U.S. troops to leave the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cgood news\u201d in III MEF\u2019s Sunday news release is that the MV-22B crew prevented any deaths of Okinawa civilians by risking their lives to put the Osprey down in the water, said Jeffrey Hornung, a political scientist at the RAND Corporation, who specializes in Japanese security issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDespite the fact that proper training prevented a bad situation from becoming a deadly one, I still think this statement will be received negatively in Okinawa, where the focus most likely will be on the ever-present danger Futenma poses to the surrounding community, with particular attention paid to the safety of Ospreys,\u201d Hornung said on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MV-22B Osprey landed in shallow water off Okinawa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":26638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":69,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":{"2":{"categories":["your-military","news"],"primary_category":"your-military"},"4":{"categories":["daily-news-roundup","newsletters","your-air-force","news"],"primary_category":"your-air-force"}}},"categories":[101,12,25,69],"tags":[8493],"coauthors":[1187],"class_list":["post-32210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-news","category-newsletters","category-your-marine-corps","tag-japan"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"VDW35Y326ZB2ZOLUP4GORAVHJU","arc_canonical_url":"\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/09\/11\/pilot-error-caused-marine-osprey-crash-investigators-find\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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