ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 83555
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| Date: | 30-OCT-1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 299 Flying Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | Boeing Aircraft |
| Registration: | NX13372 |
| C/n / msn: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| 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 at Ogden Air Depot, Utah, renamed Hill Field, (later Hill Air Force Base), 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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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] |
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