Pilot error cited in Blue Angel crash
 

Pilot error cited in Blue Angel crash


"An elite Blue Angel pilot was flying too fast and too low, forgot to disengage his afterburners and lost control of his jet at a Smyrna, Tennessee, air show in June, the Navy said in a crash report released Thursday.

Marine Capt. Jeff Kuss, 32, attempted to eject in the seconds before the crash, Navy investigators said in the report, which was obtained by the Pensacola News Journal through an official records request.

The report cited pilot error as the cause of the crash and said weather and fatigue were contributing factors. It mandated numerous short-term and longer-term changes to the flight demonstration program."