MARINE CORPS PROBING MV-22B OSPREY FIRE IN SAN DIEGO
November 4, 2022 ·Carl Prine
Marine Corps investigators continue to probe why an MV-22B Osprey caught on fire while trying to land in San Diego last month.
According to the Naval Safety Center, the tiltrotor aircraft’s engine erupted in flames on Oct. 14 while its crew was on a “short final” at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
That’s usually the final leg of a landing, when the aircraft is descending, at low altitude, and close to the runway.
It’s a feature of touch-and-go landings during aviation training. An aircraft flying a loop pattern lands without fully stopping, and then takes off again.
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