Originally Posted by
jmelson
Oh boy, that reminds me of the F-18 crash in Bethalto, IL by Jeffrey Crutchfield in June 1996.
...I was fascinated with how such a massively experienced pilot could screw this up, so bought the NTSB report. Fascinating reading, not even a hint of a real explanation. (Crutchfield was a Navy top gun graduate, Navy test pilot, and then McDonnell-Douglas test pilot.)
NTSB report narrative of that crash online here:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.a...96FA211&akey=1