--- title: "Navy identifies two aviators killed in plane crash" description: "The Navy has identified the two people who were killed on Oct. 23 when their T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed in Alabama as Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross and Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett." date: "2020-10-25" modified: "2020-10-25" authors: - name: "Jeff Schogol" job_title: "Senior Pentagon Reporter" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/jeff-schogol.md" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-identifies-aviators-killed-plane-crash-alabama/" categories: - "Aircraft" - "Around the World" - "Military Branches" - "Navy" - "News" - "Tech & Tactics" - "United States" tags: - "death" - "Northern Command" --- # Navy identifies two aviators killed in plane crash ![]() The Navy has identified the two people who were killed on Oct. 23 when their T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft [crashed in Alabama]() as Navy Lt. Rhiannon Ross and Coast Guard Ensign Morgan Garrett. Ross, 30, was an instructor pilot who was from Wixom, Michigan,[ according to Naval Air Forces](). Garrett, 24, was a student pilot who came from North Carolina. Both were killed when their aircraft went down about 5 p.m. on Oct. 23 in a residential area of Foley, Alabama, a Naval Air Forces news release says. No civilians were harmed in the crash, which is under investigation. Rear Adm. Bill Kelly, superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy, announced Garrett’s death in a message to cadets and family members, [as first reported by Patricia Kime]() of Military.com. Garrett studied Marine and Environmental Sciences at the academy and also made the athletic director's and commandant of cadet's list every semester, Kelly wrote. “She left an indelible mark on her classmates and the entire community, and she will be sorely missed by all," Kelly wrote. The fatal crash happened just three days after the Navy and Marine Corps announced that none of their pilots had been killed during fiscal 2020. It was the first time in nearly a century that [naval aviation had gone a full year without any fatal crashes.]() ***Related: [Navy pilot ejects safely as F/A-18E Super Hornet crashes in California]()*** ## Author Jeff Schogol is the former senior Pentagon reporter for Task & Purpose. He reported on both the Department of Defense as a whole and individual services, covering a variety of topics that include personnel, policy, military justice, deployments, and technology. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]() [Twitter]() ## More - [Two sailors die after Navy plane crashes in Alabama]() - [Two Navy Aviators Killed After Their F-18 Crashes Off NAS Key West]() - [Navy identifies sailor killed in radar plane crash off Virginia coast]() - [Army two-star general killed in private aviation plane crash]() - [Navy identifies F/A-18E Super Hornet pilot killed in California crash]() - [Marine killed in Philippines plane crash identified]() - [Crew survives Navy Hawkeye crash in Virginia]() - [T-45C Goshawk Crash Kills 2 In Tennessee Amid Growing Mishap Worries]()