Yep, Owl, it was the Buckeyes. Correctly identified.

On 5/29/06 4:56 PM, in article ,
"Mike Kanze" wrote:

Woody,

If this occurred late in the A-6's service (i.e., after 1990) and both souls
survived, it was likely the following, per Morgan & Morgan:

BuNo 154148/A-6E, VA-85, 09/18/91, Mediterranean, CV-66, Lost engine on cat
shot.

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The engines had de-tuned over time making the single-engine performance
charts incorrect. Pax re-vamped them in about 1994-5.
...just in time for that last flight to the boneyard, or to "NAS Barrier
Reef." g

Any number of gremlins begin popping up in elderly aircraft after many years
of otherwise uneventful service. Witness B/N Keith Gallagher's partial
ejection, caused by aging components. In his case, the ejection seat
components were ~28 years old:

http://www.gallagher.com/ejection_se...al_aspects.htm