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| Date: | Friday 8 May 1914 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Curtiss Biplane |
| Owner/operator: | Perceval van Ness |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Deerfield near Utica, NY -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Deerfield, NY |
| Deerfield, NY | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Stalled in a steep climb and crashed from 50 ft, killing the pilot Perceval van Ness
Sources:
https://archive.org/stream/Flight_International_Magazine_1914-05-29-pdf/Flight_International_Magazine_1914-05-29-pdf_djvu.txt
https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=udp19140509-01.1.3&srpos=1&e=08-05-1914-12-05-1914--en-20--1--txt-txIN-Van+ness---------
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2020 22:44 | Cobar | Added |
| 13-Aug-2024 09:51 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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