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| Date: | Tuesday 7 September 1909 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Wright Biplane |
| Owner/operator: | Eugene Lefebvre |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Juvisy, Essonne 91 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Juvisy |
| Juvisy | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lost control and crashed from 6 m, killing the pilot Eugene Lefebvre. He was the first person to die while piloting a powered airplane.
Sources:
https://www.nytimes.com/1909/09/08/archives/killed-in-aeroplane-machine-of-m-lefebvre-crashes-to-earth-at.html
Delftsche courant 09-09-1909
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Apr-2008 09:26 | Bleiente | Added |
| 20-Mar-2020 16:38 | Cobar | Updated [Operator, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Sep-2024 06:43 | ASN | Updated [Source, ] |
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