T-45 pilot gets emergency training

A student naval aviator got some major mid-air emergency landing training last week when the engine of a Navy T-45C Goshawk failed and caught fire. The pilot and instructor from Training Squadron 21 at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas, were 30 minutes into an hour-long training flight when indicator lights alerted to them of an engine fire. Earlier, and after landing about 50 miles northeast at Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Orange Grove, the pilots took off again as part of the out-and-in training. The T-45C was between 15,000 and 16,000 feet when the engine failed, according to Lt. Michelle Tucker, a spokesperson with the Chief of Naval Air Training. After a successful restart, they got "momentary indications of an engine fire," she said, and “immediately executed emergency landing procedures per their training and landed safely at NALF Orange Grove." No one was injured, but the incident remains under investigation. It was reported by the Naval Safety Center and was classified as a Class-A aviation accident, which means the aircraft suffered at least $2M in damages. The Goshawk is expected to return to service, but at what point remains uncertain, she continued. The engine failure and fire was the second Navy Class A aviation mishap for FY 2002, which started Oct. 1. (Source: Military.com 10/15/19) Gulf Coast Note: NAS Meridian, Miss., pilots also train in the T-45C Goshawk https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/10/15/student-naval-pilot-was-flying-15