Incident Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet 165782, Thursday 17 July 2025
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Date:Thursday 17 July 2025
Time:15:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic F18S model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet
Owner/operator:U.S. Navy Blue Angels
Registration: 165782
MSN: 1528/E025
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:near Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI -   United States of America
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE/KMKE)
Destination airport:Milwaukee-General Mitchell Airport, WI (MKE/KMKE)
Narrative:
On July 17, 2025, when the blue angels were practicing for the airshow at Milwaukee, #5’s engine shutdown and #5 had to emergency land back at MKE around 3:45PM

Sources:

https://wtmj.com/news/2025/07/17/blue-angels-arrive-in-milwaukee-for-waterstone-bank-air-and-water-show/
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDdDikqmpgHJUVF0DgdKtfNyLYCHUy5gCkgojEn_j0Fw&s=10

https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/11856921 (photo)

Media:

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Jul-2025 13:50 NicksAviation Added
22-Jul-2025 18:09 nhofmann54 Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Embed code, ]
08-Oct-2025 05:41 NickAviation Updated [Registration, Source, ]
24-Oct-2025 06:51 nhofmann54 Updated [Registration, Cn, Location, Source, ]

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