| Date: | Saturday 19 September 1931 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: |  Ford XB-906 (Tri-Motor) |
| Owner/operator: | Ford Motor Company |
| Registration: | NX9652 |
| MSN: | XB-906-1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1931 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dearborn, MI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Dearborn-Ford Airport, MI |
| Dearborn-Ford Airport, MI |
The experimental bomber version of the Ford 5-AT-D Tri-Motor crashed and burned when wings overloaded and sheared off during steep climbing turn after a high-speed run. Pilot Sherman Leroy Manning and mechanic L.H. Garriott killed.
Sources:
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
Vintage Ford Facts
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