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| Date: | Tuesday 7 October 1913 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Curtiss biplane |
| Owner/operator: | Lincoln Beachey |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hammondsport,NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Hammondsport |
| Hammondsport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Lost control in a turn the wing clipped the ridgepole of a tent on the field and the plane then swept two young women and two naval officers off the roof of a nearby hangar, from where they had been watching the flight, one woman died and three others were badly injured. Beachey’s aircraft crashed in a nearby field slightly injuring him. He was trying to perform the inside loop.
Sources:
Middelburgsche courant
09-10-1913
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 01-Mar-2020 09:45 | Cobar | Added |
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