A U.S. naval training exercise ended in a crash Tuesday as an instructor pilot was approaching a Texas air station, Navy officials said.
The pilot was flying a T–45 Goshawk and approaching Naval Air Station (NAS) Kingsville at about noon on Aug. 16.
“The aircraft went down in an empty field just north of the airfield. The pilot ejected and there are no reports of injuries at this time. Emergency personnel are on site,” NAS Kingsville reported in an Aug. 16 Facebook post.
An update provided by the Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA) states that the instructor pilot who ejected from the aircraft prior to the crash was taken to Christus Spohn Hospital–Kleberg for evaluation. The pilot was conducting a routine training flight when the mishap took place….