Investigation into the fatal crash of F/A-18E in Death Valley completed

The U.S. Navy has completed its investigation into the fatal crash of a VFA-151 F/A-18E which killed the pilot on Jul. 31, 2019.

Peretz Partensky from San Francisco, USA / CC BY-SA

Lt. Cmdr. Charles Z. Walker was navigating through the Star Wars canyon in California’s Death Valley National Park when his jet slammed into a wall not far from seven French tourists.

The report stated that the “flight profile created conditions where the processing time and subsequent reaction time required of the pilot made it difficult for the aircraft to exit the canyon safely.”

Walker was not current in low altitude training and he was required to fly at least 500 feet above ground level. Investigators also did not find evidence that Walker was flying at a low altitude for thrills.

All seven French tourists suffered burns from the fire started by the crash.

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