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| Date: | Wednesday 30 October 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 299 Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | Boeing Aircraft |
| Registration: | NX13372 |
| MSN: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Wright-Patterson AFB, OH -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wright-Patterson AFB, OH |
Prototype Boeing Model 299, 'X13372', the future B-17 prototype, crashed on take-off, due to locked control surfaces, killing early military aviator and test pilot Major Ployer Peter Hill.
Other engineers taken to hospital with injuries. Boeing test pilot and observer Les Tower died later. Ogden Air Depot, Utah, was renamed Hill Field (later Hill AFB) on 1 December 1939.
As the prototype was owned by Boeing, it had no USAAC serial.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress
Folha da Manhã 31 October 1935, p4
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#OTD 1935 @BoeingAirplanes Model 299 (B-17 prototype) crashed on take-off during test flight at Wright Field killing pilot Maj Ployer Hill (@HAFB named for him) & Boeing chief test pilot Leslie Tower. Locked elevators caused stall, led to use of preflight checklists @WrightPattAF pic.twitter.com/qEZz8XAfji
— AFLCMC History Office (@AFLCMCHO) October 30, 2021
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2010 13:30 | harro | Added |
| 21-Mar-2013 15:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2015 20:02 | TB | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Nov-2019 07:08 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2021 12:18 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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