Meridian - Meridian

On April 13, 1989 at 12:00 AM, Meridian - Meridian experienced a crash involving Grumman T-2 Buckeye, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Meridian Mississippi.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While completing a local training flight, the US Navy Buckeye collided with a second Buckeye registered 159724. Both aircraft crashed and were destroyed. While both pilots on board 156694 were killed, the crew on 159724 was able to eject in time.

Aircraft reference details include registration 156694, MSN 326.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 32.3643°, -88.7037°.