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JAG: Season 1, Episode 6

Pilot Error (4 Nov. 1995)

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Two Naval aviators die in a crash of an F-14 while using a new fly-by-wire navigation system. Harm and Meg investigate. The vendor of the system blames the pilot. Harm flies both a simulator and a Tomcat; he and Meg discover the cause.

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A Navy pilot and his radar-intercept officer (RIO) die in a crash of an F-14 Tomcat while using a new Air Force fly-by-wire navigation system; the pilot was a friend and shipmate of Harm. Harm and Meg investigate. The vendor of the system insists that the cause of the crash was a pilot error; Harm believes otherwise. While Harm duplicates the fatal flight, he tries to induce an error by the system while flying a simulator, then the does so while flying a Tomcat; he and Meg eventually discover the cause. Harm also comforts the widow and her son. Written by DocRushing

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When getting ready to test Aptern, Harm is told to do five traps on the America. USS America (CV-66) was decommissioned Aug. 9, 1996, about one year after this episode aired. On 14 May, 2005, ex-USS America was sunk after approximately four weeks of live fire testing to determine design features of future aircraft carriers to improve their survivability. See more »

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Josh Pendry: Did you fly with my daddy?
Lt. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: A long time ago.
Josh Pendry: He was the best, wasn't he?
Lt. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: Yes, he was.
Josh Pendry: Why did he crash?
Lt. Harmon 'Harm' Rabb, Jr.: I don't know, Josh. But I'm gonna find out.
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