Small part sucked into engine damaged expensive new F-22 Raptor
A F-22A suffered a $6.7 million damage on Oct. 20, 2005 after a small metal pin and streamer was accidentally sucked into the right engine.
The accident occurred during a night training exercise at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
A report blamed the accident on an inadequate and incomplete training manual which failed to instruct mechanics to pull the nose landing gear pin before starting the jet engines.
The accident report. (PDF)
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