The aircraft, identified to CBS 11 as an F35 B Model used by the Marine Corps, was in the process of a vertical landing when the nose began to lean forward as the back wheels lifted up. The front of the plane fell into the pavement, and smoke began pouring out of the nose before the pilot was ejected. His parachute deployed and he landed apparently without injury.
Fire crews were on the scene shortly after.
A F-35B jet crashes into the ground at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth TX after the aircraft went out of control during a test flight the pilot ejected no injuries have been reported.
White Settlement Chief of Police Christoper Cook said they were called at 10:15 a.m. by U.S. Navy Police and Lockheed Martin to help clear onlookers away from a road running adjacent to a runway where officials were responding to and investigating an incident with an aircraft.
According to Cook, the pilot of a Lockheed-owned jet ejected and the pilot's seat and parachute were visible near the aircraft. The jet came to a stop in the grass along the southwest side of the runway, near White Settlement Road and Spur 341/Lockheed Boulevard.
And here's the video of the $100 million stealth fighter jet experiencing an embarrassing mishap.
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