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| Date: | Sunday 29 October 1989 |
| Time: | 15:36:47 |
| Type: |  North American T-2C Buckeye |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 158876 |
| MSN: | 352-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gulf of Mexico -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| USS Lexington/AVT-16 |
The T-2C came in low and slow when the pilot attempted his first aircraft carrier landing. It attained nose high attitude, rolled inverted and crashed on the USS Lexington. Ens. Steven E. Pontell (23). Two other T-2C ("815") damaged.
Sources:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/10/31/pilot-in-carrier-crash-came-in-at-wrong-angle/ea3a1779-6841-46b8-8d32-274370cee93e/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVj6XpewRAs
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2008 10:06 | harro | Added |
| 10-Jan-2010 13:59 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Country, Nature, ] |
| 08-Apr-2016 09:38 | TB | Updated [Operator, Nature, ] |
| 22-Sep-2017 08:39 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 03-Jan-2018 13:22 | harro | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 03-Jul-2021 19:45 | LeeF | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 04-Feb-2022 13:14 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Feb-2022 13:15 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 14-Nov-2023 07:12 | AC Kaminski | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
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