ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 101575
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 August 1945 |
| Time: | 22:30 |
| Type: |  Consolidated B-24M Liberator |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force (USAAF) |
| Registration: | 44-42211 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 10M NW Aguila, AZ -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Williams Field, Chandler, Arizona |
| return to same |
Crashed; crew bailed out. During a nighttime training flight, the flight engineer requested that the pilot shut down and feather the prop on an engine, so he could demonstrate some emergency procedures to another engineer in training, and also show him how to lower the landing gear manually. But during this demonstration, power was lost to all four motors. After losing about 3,000 feet in elevation while attempting to restart the engines, the pilot ordered a bailout. The co-pilot assisted the pilot with securing his parachute, then made his jump. The pilot failed to bail out before it crashed. Investigators did not know why he failed to exit the aircraft. Investigators believed the co-pilot may have inadvertently hit the crash bar, located near his foot position, cutting off the engine ignitions. The pilot was the sole fatality.
Killed was:
2nd Lt. Herbert Jacobi, O2085868, Schererville, Indiana
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://usaafdata.com/?q=search&page=1606&order=field..
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Anthony J. Mireles
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71883621/herbert-jacobi
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Mar-2022 09:53 | Gumby778 | Updated [Time, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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