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| Date: | Thursday 25 February 1932 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Curtiss XS3C-1 |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy |
| Registration: | A-8847 |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Oxen Hill, MD -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Anacostia NAS, VA |
Lost elevators in a test dive from 15000ft and crashed. The pilot bailed out safely at 2000ft.
Sources:
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1932-02-25/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1932&index=3&rows=20&words=Hill+Oxen&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1932&proxtext=Oxen+hill&y=18&x=21&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Aug-2022 15:39 | Cobar | Added |
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