AFTER A FEMALE COMBAT PILOT FATALLY CRASHES A NEW, HIGH-TECH JET DUE TO DEPLOY TO MILITARY BASES GLOBALLY, THE NCIS TEAM MUST DETERMINE WHETHER THE ACCIDENT WAS DUE TO PILOT OR PLANE ERROR, ON A REBROADCAST OF "NCIS: NEW ORLEANS," SATURDAY, SEPT. 24

"Touched By the Sun" - When a female combat pilot and Navy hero dies in an air-show plane crash, the NCIS team must investigate if it's the fault of the pilot or the new jet that was just approved to deploy to bases globally, on a rebroadcast of NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, Saturday, Sept. 24 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 10/6/15.)

REGULAR CAST:

Scott Bakula (NCIS Special Agent Dwayne Pride)
Lucas Black (NCIS Special Agent Christopher Lasalle)
Zoe McLellan (Special Agent Meredith "Merri" Brody)
Rob Kerkovich (Forensic Scientist Sebastian Lund)
)
Shalita Grant (Sonja Percy)
Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell (Patton Plame)
CCH Pounder (Dr. Loretta Wade)

GUEST CAST:

Leslie Hope (SecNav Sarah Porter)
Christopher Meyer (Danny Malloy)
Chad Michael Collins (Navy Lieutenant Val Franco)
James MacDonald (Marine Captain Tom Garrett)
Ellen Wroe (Navy Lieutenant Lindsay Garrett)
David Clayton Rogers Sumalee Montano Dani Dare Alec Rayme Trey Burvant Ash Taylor (Kellan Falk)
(Melanie Pratt)
(CJ Malloy)
(Navy Lieutenant Mike Dougan)
(Navy Commander Grant Wilson)
(Lead NSC Representative Dave Schram)
Robert Larriviere (Doctor Ned Fiske)
Odessa Sykes (Stella)
Maria Soccor (Wife)
Carly Plotkin (Little Girl)
Harold Gene Franques (Honor Guard)

WRITTEN BY: Ed Ornelas

DIRECTED BY: Laurie Arent