“AETC officials are
working in coordination with industry experts and the T-6 special program office
to complete a fleetwide T-6 aircraft inspection, known formally as a Time
Compliance Technical Order, and determine any follow-up actions required,” said
Smith.
The
engine failure occurred April 7, Col. Clark Quinn, commander of 71st Flying
Training Wing at Vance, said in a statement.
The statement went on to
say a safety investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the engine
failure.
In all, AETC has 445 T-6
aircraft. There are 103 T-6s at Vance, according to 2nd Lt. Isabel Crump, deputy
public affairs chief at Vance. Smith said the duration of the grounding is
unknown.
“All AETC wings flying the
T-6 are meeting the inspection requirements as safely and quickly as possible to
minimize impacts to flying training operations,” said Smith. “The personal
safety of AETC aircrew members is, as always, the Air Force’s primary
concern.”
The T-6 is the primary
trainer used at Vance and other undergraduate pilot training bases — Columbus
AFB, Miss., as well as Laughlin, Randolph and Sheppard AFB, all in Texas. It is
used to teach basic flying skills.
“A
T-6A Texan II instructor performed a controlled glide landing at Vance Air Force
Base as the result of an engine failure April 7,” the statement read. “During
training, Air Force pilots learn to execute forced landings like the one made
(April 7). As a result of this training and experience, the pilot landed the
aircraft without injury.”
II
turboprop trainers in the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command have
been grounded, an AETC public affairs official confirmed Tuesday.
AETC officials temporarily grounded all of
the command’s T-6s Friday, including those at Vance Air Force Base, “following
indications of an engine oil line malfunction,” Capt. Jason Smith, with AETC
Public Affairs, said in a press release.
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