Pilot hospitalized after ejecting from Marine Corps F-35 during
‘mishap’
STA
RS AND STRIPES • September 17, 2023
An F-35B Lightning II performs aerial maneuvers during a test flight above Edwards AFB. In 2014
. A pilot was hospitalized Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, after ejecting from a Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort F-35 in North Charleston, S.C., according to area news stations. (James Kennedy/U.S. Air Force)A pilot was hospitalized Sunday after ejecting from a Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort F-35 in North Charleston, S.C., according to area news stations.Joint Base Charleston is working with local emergency personal to investigate the “mishap,” officials told WCIV ABC News 4 and WCBD-TV.The pilot, whose name and unit information were not released, was found on South Kenwood Drive in North Charleston, according to reports. His wingman landed safely at Joint Base Charleston in another aircraft.Officials are still searching for the F-35, according to the WCBD-TV report.
Search Underway For Missing F-35B After
Pilot Ejects
Steve Trimble September 17, 2023
Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
U.S.
military officials are searching for a missing Lockheed Martin F-35B after its
pilot safely ejected near an airport in North Charleston, South Carolina on
Sept. 17.
The pilot was found on South Kenwood Avenue after ejecting less than a mile
from the runway at Charleston International Airport, local news reports say.
The pilot was then transferred to a local hospital in stable condition,
according to a statement by Joint Base Charleston.
But the aircraft still had not been found more than 2 hr. after the pilot
ejected, prompting military officials to take the unusual step of asking the
public for clues.
“The public is asked to cooperate with military and civilian authorities as the
effort continues,” the statement by Joint Base Charleston says. “If you have
any information on the whereabouts of the F-35 that would help the recovery
team, please call the JB Charleston Base Defense Operations Center.”
More than an
hour after releasing the initial statement, the base released a quick update
that narrowed the search for the F-35B to a particular area.
“Based on
the jet’s last-known position and in coordination with the FAA, we are focusing
our attention north of JB Charleston, around Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion,”
the base said.
The F-35B belonged to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s Marine Fighter Attack
Training Squadron 501, which is based at Marine Corps Base Beaufort, South
Carolina.
The wing suffered another F-35B crash in 2018 due to a manufacturing flaw in a
fuel tube, but the pilot safely ejected.
If an aircraft is equipped with an ejection seat, the location of the crash
site is normally proximate to where the ejected pilot lands. But there have
been cases where an aircraft continued flying for hundreds of miles after the
pilot ejected.
In 1989, for example, a Soviet Air Force Mikoyan MiG-23 crashed in Belgium, but
that was 600 miles from where the pilot ejected over Poland. The pilot ejected
after the afterburner failed and the aircraft began descending, but after his
ejection the engine kept running and the aircraft continued flying on
autopilot.
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| Date: | Sunday 17 September 2023 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II |
| Owner/operator: | United States Marine Corps (USMC) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Charleston, SC -  United States of America |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Narrative:
On-going reports of a F-35 Lightning down in North Charleston, South Carolina. The pilot ejected and survived.
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