Carter died in the April 5 , 1991 crash of Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311 in Brunswick , Georgia . He was aboard the commercial airplane traveling for NASA . His wife , Dana , and two daughters , Olivia Elizabeth ( born May 27 , 1974 ) and Meredith Corvette ( born December 3 , 1976 ) were not on the flight . Among the others who also died in the plane crash was John Tower , a former Senator from Texas
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Atlantic Southeast Airlines Flight 2311
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