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Air Force Cites ‘Chafed Electrical Wire’ For November F-22 Crash

Monday, August 12th, 2013

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The Air Force blamed a chafed electrical wire for causing an F-22 fighter jet to crash Nov. 15 at Tyndall AFB, Fla., according to the service’s accident investigation board (AIB) report. Air Force Col. Todd Flesch, president of the AIB, said in his statement of opinion a chafed positive generator feeder wire arced, pierced an adjacent hydraulic line and started an inflight fire in the aircraft’s left airframe mounted accessory drive (AMAD). When the generator feeder wire arced, the system…

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