The accident investigation board, comprising experts from a variety of disciplines, from medical experts to piloting experts to mechanical and technical experts, is convened to attempt to determine a specific cause of an incident.Īn accident investigation board routinely produces a lengthy report, which is releasable to the public, that provides an exhaustive look at the investigated incident. Safety investigation board reports are not released to the public. The safety investigation board, the first to begin work, collects evidence designed to develop an understanding of what happened in an incident, with an eye toward preventing similar mishaps in the future. Routinely, those investigations will comprise probes by two separate Air Force-appointed boards, a safety investigation board and an accident investigation board. More: Eglin AFB releases additional information on Friday F-22 crashĪ Monday news release from Tyndall AFB, also routed through Eglin AFB, indicated that an "investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mishap is underway." The Tyndall AFB public affairs office on Tuesday did not provide any specific information on the pilot's injuries.Ģ020 report: Pilot distraction was factor in May F-35 crash at Eglin AFB
A Tyndall public affairs staff member wasn't clear Tuesday on whether the pilot received all of his treatment at Eglin, or was transferred to a medical facility outside the base for some treatment. That was all of the new information on the incident to come from Tyndall AFB almost 24 hours after the F-22 from the Tyndall-headquartered 325th Fighter Wing wound up crippled on the Eglin runway on Monday afternoon. An F-22 squadron from the Tyndall-based wing has been flying out of Eglin AFB since shortly after Hurricane Michael, the Category 5 storm that all but destroyed the Panama City-located Tyndall AFB in 2018.Įmergency vehicles responded to the scene on Monday, and initial reports indicated that the pilot was taken to Eglin's flight medicine facility. View Gallery: PHOTOS: First six F-22 Raptors arrive at EglinĮGLIN AFB - The pilot of an F-22 Raptor fighter jet involved in a Monday "in-flight emergency" that left his aircraft with an apparently collapsed nose gear on an Eglin Air Force Base runway was treated and released from a local hospital after sustaining minor injuries, according to the Tyndall Air Force Base public affairs office.