ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 67273
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 June 1918 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH-4 |
| Owner/operator: | |
| Registration: | AS-32098 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wilbur Wright Field, Fairfield, OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Fatal accident due to structural failure.
Lt. Frank Stuart Patterson, was killed in the crash.
The aircraft was test flown with a new mechanism for synchronizing machine gun and propeller. A tie rod broke during a dive from 15,000 feet (4,600 m), causing the wings to separate from the aircraft.
Sources:
#http://www.aviationarchaeology.com#
http://web.archive.org/web/20170108093419/http://www.baaa-acro.com/1918/archives/crash-of-a-de-havilland-dh-4-in-wright-patterson-afb-1-killed/
Images:
Photo: The U.S. National Archives
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2017 16:27 | Sergey L. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source] |
| 12-Jan-2018 13:47 | harro | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2020 18:05 | harro | Updated [Photo] |
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