A military investigation has found that an Osprey crash in Australia that killed three Marines last August was caused by pilot error during a near mid-air collision.
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The Australia accident exposed significant safety issues within the squadron. Investigators recommended punitive actions, including potential court martial charges for one senior squadron member and potential administrative actions against the squadron's former commanding officer, Lt. Col. Joe Whitefield, who they said “permitted a culture that disregarded safety of flight procedures."
It is the second recent Marine Corps Osprey accident where critical flight data and voice data were lost because the recorder was destroyed by the post-crash fire. After a 2022 Osprey crash in California that killed five Marines, investigators recommended that all Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey flight data recorders be replaced with a version that was resistant to high-temperature and fire and would survive a crash.
On the day of the crash, Lewis was responsible for serving simultaneously as the in-flight instructor for the pilot flying the lead aircraft and also as the aircraft commander on his own Osprey during a complex, multinational exercise.
A fourth crew member was seriously injured in the crash, which occurred as the two Ospreys were flying low on a final landing approach during the multinational training exercise.
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