Date:	Tuesday 4 August 1987
Time:
Type:	Grumman A-6E Intruder
Owner/operator:	VMA(AW)-533 USMC
Registration:	155625
MSN:	I-351
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3 miles from MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina (NKT/KNKT)
Destination airport:	MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina (NKT/KNKT)
Confidence Rating:	Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources

Narrative:
A‑6E Intruder BuNo. 155625/ED-08 of VMA(AW)533, US Marine Corps. Crashed August 4, 1987 due to a catastrophic fire in both engines, total hydraulic failure and total electrical failure: crashed shortly after take‑off, near MCAS Cherry Point, Havelock, North Carolina, USA. Crew ejected at an altitude between 500-700 feet in a wing-down, nose-down attitude 3 miles from Cherry Point, North Carolina.

Pilot - Major John F. Thornell - suffered multiple fractures but returned to flight status. Bombardier/navigator Major J. E. B. Stewart was uninjured in the ejection

1. http://web.archive.org/web/20180422222159/http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html
2. http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries19.html
3. http://web.archive.org/web/20171103001143/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/a6_prowler.htm

U.S. Marine Corps Grumman A-6E Intruder (BuNo 155625) from Marine all-weather attack squadron VMA(AW)-533 Hawks catches the arresting gear cable aboard an aircraft carrier off the coast of Florida (USA), in 1972.

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Sep-2010 14:30	ASN Archive
03-Apr-2016 22:11	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative]
03-Apr-2016 22:13	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Embed code]
28-Dec-2019 17:29	stehlik49	Updated [Operator, Operator]