Grumman A-6 Intruder Crash

Grumman A-6 Intruder Crash

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Science & Technology

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• Grumman
• A-6
• Intruder
• Crash

[jkaposi]

Obviously have no idea about naval aircraft, this is a T-2 Buckeye crashing aboard Lex.

[red34111]

i worked on a-6's and that was no a-6!!!!!!!!!!!

[nightwriterou812]

@popceed These pilots did not eject. They jettisoned their canopies to abandon their aircraft by ground egressing (quickly unstrapping and climbing out of the cockpit). The student pilot in the mishap aircraft DID attempt to eject inverted at the very last second as you can see his canopy jettison and his ejection seat fire. Due to being inverted just mere feet above the carrier, the ejection was futile.

[thestructureguy]

Interesting trivia is that the pilots brother was Navy also and killed at the pentagon on 9/11

[dustoff499]

This is sad. It's difficult to comprehend with all the training prior to this landing attempt (on the carrier) this was the outcome.

[wkwhite74]

This happened back in October 0f 1989. The student pilot, Ens. Steven E. Pontell, 23, of Columbia, MD was making his first landing attempt on The Lexington. It was reporyrd he was "low and slow" before his T-2 BUCKEYE crashed on the Lexington, killing him and four others, 19 others hurt.

[1691if]

@vikingfan7777

was a male

[1691if]

@vikingfan7777

Actually, it was a male. Was a squadron from Meridian, MS in 1989. Maybe you were thinking of the F-14 crash that was similiar that did have a female aviator at the controls who lost an engine.

[popceed]

see the canopy's flying into the air as two other pilots eject rather than be burned alive.

Nasty accident.

[vikingfan7777]

Female rookie pilot in a t-2 trainer.....sad!

[KARMA2369]

Someone Should Really study up!..... Even before it came into Clear View it didnt look or Move like an "A-6" ( Info F A I L )

[veejayp1]

As others have pointed out, What you show as an A-6 Intruder is aT-2 training jet. Look it up!