Nation US Navy jet crash at Death Valley National Park in California injures 7; status of pilot unknown July 31, 2019Jordan Culver and Vandana Ravikumar, USA TODAYComments Off on US Navy jet crash at Death Valley National Park in California injures 7; status of pilot unknown U.S. Navy officials are investigating the cause of a F/A-18E Super Hornet jet crash in California. The status of the pilot is unknown.