ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 119353
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| Date: | Tuesday 3 October 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vultee BT-13 Valiant |
| Owner/operator: | 3024th BU USAAF |
| Registration: | 40-972 |
| MSN: | 54A-263 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 11 miles SSE of Marana AAF, Arizona -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Marana AAF, AZ |
| Marana AAF | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Crashed on an engine test flight.
Engine failed on climb. The pilot attempted to turn back to the airfield, but stalled and crashed. She was alive when removed from the wreckage of her plane, but was DOA at the Base Hospital. WASP Marion Hagen, flying as passenger, was seriously injured.
Peggy Wilson Martin, Women Airforce Service Pilots, killed in a flying accident.
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
JF Baugher
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Mar-2011 22:12 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2011 23:56 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2011 23:47 | angels one five | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 04-Sep-2011 11:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Sep-2011 19:38 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2012 04:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2013 07:41 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 17-Mar-2014 01:22 | angels one five | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2020 09:43 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2020 17:58 | DB | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
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