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11-08-07, 06:03 AM
Osprey mishap detailed
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A fire in an engine housing of an MV-22 Osprey forced the aircraft to land during a training mission Tuesday night, Marine Corps officials confirmed.
"A MV-22 assigned to Marine Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 (VMMT-204), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, had a nacelle fire during a training mission and was forced to land," said Maj. Shawn Haney, a public affairs officer for the flight wing.
There were no injuries to the aircrew or ground personnel during the landing, Haney said. She could not provide the number of people on the aircraft at the time of the incident.
At 9:20 p.m., the Osprey's crew activated the on-board fire suppression systems, landed at a designated landing zone near Holly Ridge and evacuated the aircraft, officials said.
The fire caused significant damage to the nacelle, Haney said. A nacelle is an enclosure for an aircraft's engine.
The Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire Department and the Camp Lejeune Fire Department responded to the scene.
Holly Ridge Fire Chief William Arnold said his department was not ordered to be silent about the incident as previously reported. "The firefighter who said that was not authorized to speak to the media," he said.
Marine Corps investigators are looking into the cause of the engine fire and the extent of the damage, Haney said.
The Osprey was grounded for more than a year after two crashes in 2000 - including one in Jacksonville - killed 23 service members. An Osprey crash in 1992 killed all seven people aboard and was caused by an engine fire resulting from leaking gear-box oil, according to Pentagon records.
The forced landing on Tuesday happened 1.8 miles west of U.S. 17 on N.C. 50 at a Marine Corps training area in the footprint of the World War II Army base, Camp Davis.
Ellie
STAFF REPORTS
DAILY NEWS STAFF
STAFF REPORT
A fire in an engine housing of an MV-22 Osprey forced the aircraft to land during a training mission Tuesday night, Marine Corps officials confirmed.
"A MV-22 assigned to Marine Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 (VMMT-204), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, based at Marine Corps Air Station New River, had a nacelle fire during a training mission and was forced to land," said Maj. Shawn Haney, a public affairs officer for the flight wing.
There were no injuries to the aircrew or ground personnel during the landing, Haney said. She could not provide the number of people on the aircraft at the time of the incident.
At 9:20 p.m., the Osprey's crew activated the on-board fire suppression systems, landed at a designated landing zone near Holly Ridge and evacuated the aircraft, officials said.
The fire caused significant damage to the nacelle, Haney said. A nacelle is an enclosure for an aircraft's engine.
The Holly Ridge Volunteer Fire Department and the Camp Lejeune Fire Department responded to the scene.
Holly Ridge Fire Chief William Arnold said his department was not ordered to be silent about the incident as previously reported. "The firefighter who said that was not authorized to speak to the media," he said.
Marine Corps investigators are looking into the cause of the engine fire and the extent of the damage, Haney said.
The Osprey was grounded for more than a year after two crashes in 2000 - including one in Jacksonville - killed 23 service members. An Osprey crash in 1992 killed all seven people aboard and was caused by an engine fire resulting from leaking gear-box oil, according to Pentagon records.
The forced landing on Tuesday happened 1.8 miles west of U.S. 17 on N.C. 50 at a Marine Corps training area in the footprint of the World War II Army base, Camp Davis.
Ellie