'Good Friday Miracle' still paying dividends, teaching lessons nine years later Virginia Beach and Chesapeake first responders gathered at NAS Oceana to review the lessons learned from the 2012 Navy F/A-18 jet crash in which nobody was killed. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 6:36 PM EST March 1, 2021 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Hampton Roads is coming up on the nine-year anniversary of "The Good Friday Miracle," when a Navy F/A-18 Hornet suddenly dropped out of the sky and crashed into a densely populated neighborhood. It was April 6, 2012, at what was then called Mayfair Mews Apartments off of Birdneck Road. The jet experienced twin-engine failure within seconds after takeoff, and it went down right off Interstate 264.