> On October 25, 1994, Hultgreen was killed when her F-14A, BuNo 160390, crashed on approach to USS Abraham Lincoln off the coast of San Diego after a routine mission. Finding herself overshooting the centerline, Hultgreen attempted to correct her approach by yawing the aircraft. This led to the left-hand engine suffering a compressor stall and lost power—a well-known deficiency characteristic of the TF30-P-414A engine when inlet air was no longer flowing straight into it. The F-14 NATOPS flight manual warned against excess yaw for this reason. Loss of an F-14 engine results in asymmetric thrust, which can exceed rudder authority, especially at low speeds. If you read her full history in context of military history, they lowered the standards three times. Iirc, she was something like third in her class (they pass on males this low - for carrier duty). Was still accepted to carrier school. Failed. Accepted a second time (never for men - list too long). She then caused the crashed which killed herself and destroyed the aircraft. The military and the press went into overdrive about how top male pilots couldn't recover, therefore anyone criticizing is misogynist. But this ignores the fact that the lowest of carrier male pilots, to this day, have not placed themselves and their aircraft into the situation which is unrecoverable. Therefore they haven't killed themselves. In short the military killed her by placing her into a position for which she was not qualified. No females are. The MSM then lied to everyone dishonestly claiming she was qualified and her death had nothing to do with the fact she was an unskilled female pilot. To this day all standards have been further lowered. Especially for women.