A female Navy Aviator who perished when she botched a carrier landing approach and then performed a manoeuvre that was contrary to training; this manoeuvre caused her aircraft to lose thrust on one of its two engines; she then fired the afterburner on remaining functional engine in an attempt to replace the lost thrust, and this action caused the aircraft to spin out of control. She ejected into the water and was killed instantly.
She had lots of firsts, however. Her last, final, first was a tough one to swallow. In a manner of speaking.
I have a friend who lost an engine at the end of his roll in a take-off from a flight deck. He managed the situation correctly, saving his life and his RIO’s life, but he wasn’t a worthless AA pilot.
And lets not forget while in training she received so many “downs” (failures) that by training standards, she should have been washed out. A male with that many downs would not be flying the F-14 and most certainly would not have been deployed.