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“AETC officials are working in coordination with industry experts and the T-6 special program office to complete a fleetwide T-6 aircraft inspection, known formally as a Time Compliance Technical Order, and determine any follow-up actions required,” said Smith.
The engine failure occurred April 7, Col. Clark Quinn, commander of 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance, said in a statement.
The statement went on to say a safety investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the engine failure.
In all, AETC has 445 T-6 aircraft. There are 103 T-6s at Vance, according to 2nd Lt. Isabel Crump, deputy public affairs chief at Vance. Smith said the duration of the grounding is unknown.
“All AETC wings flying the T-6 are meeting the inspection requirements as safely and quickly as possible to minimize impacts to flying training operations,” said Smith. “The personal safety of AETC aircrew members is, as always, the Air Force’s primary concern.”
The T-6 is the primary trainer used at Vance and other undergraduate pilot training bases — Columbus AFB, Miss., as well as Laughlin, Randolph and Sheppard AFB, all in Texas. It is used to teach basic flying skills.
“A T-6A Texan II instructor performed a controlled glide landing at Vance Air Force Base as the result of an engine failure April 7,” the statement read. “During training, Air Force pilots learn to execute forced landings like the one made (April 7). As a result of this training and experience, the pilot landed the aircraft without injury.”
II turboprop trainers in the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command have been grounded, an AETC public affairs official confirmed Tuesday.
AETC officials temporarily grounded all of the command’s T-6s Friday, including those at Vance Air Force Base, “following indications of an engine oil line malfunction,” Capt. Jason Smith, with AETC Public Affairs, said in a press release.
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