29 jun 2026
Pilot’s Accidental Fuel Shutoff Caused OA-1K Skyraider II Crash
The Accident Investigation Board found that a trainee OA-1K pilot inadvertently shut off fuel, with task saturation, communication issues and crew resource management shortcomings being contributing factors. The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has released last week the Accident Investigation Board (AIB) report into the Oct. 23, 2025 loss of an OA-1K Skyraider II. The board concluded that the aircraft was destroyed after the pilot inadvertently activated the engine fuel shutoff valve instead of the fuselage fuel tank valve during a training flight.
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A student pilot reached for the wrong fuel control in his Block-1 OA-1K Skyraider II on Oct. 23, 2025, shutting off fuel to the engine and forcing the crew to crash-land the special operations aircraft in an Oklahoma field, an Air Force accident investigation board found . The crash is the first time an OA-1K has been destroyed since the missionized aircraft entered service in April 2025.
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Pilot shut off fuel supply, leading to October 2025 Skyraider II crash, Air Force finds
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