Date:	Monday 30 March 1936
Time:
Type:	Pitcairn YG-2 (PA-33) Autogiro
Owner/operator:	NACA
Registration:	NACA 88
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	2 mi SE of Langley Field, VA -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:

Narrative:
The first successful bail-out from a rotary-winged aircraft.
On March 30, 1936, pilot William McAvoy and engineer John Wheatley abandoned their Pitcairn YG-2 Autogiro when the rotor failed.
The Autogiro “NACA 88″ crashed and burned in the Back River, but both men parachuted to safety.

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://stephenesherman.com/pitcairn-model-pa-33/

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
05-Mar-2011 13:57	penguin832	Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Mar-2011 13:58	Anon.	Updated [Plane category, ]