Airplane Crash - Near Adler, Washington 03/18/1939
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Adler, Washington
| Date | 03/18/1939 |
| Location | Near Adler, Washington |
| Operator | Boeing Aircraft Company |
| Flight # | - |
| Route | Test flight |
| Type | Boeing 307 Stratoliner |
| Registration | NX19901 |
| Cn/In | 1994 |
| Aboard | 10 |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed after the tail broke off. Dutch engineer A.G. von Baumhauer among those killed. He was a famous helicopter pioneer who first came up with the tail rotor/main rotor configuration which is in use today. Strructural failure of the wings and horizontal tail surfaces due t o the imposition of loads thereon in excess of those for which they were designed, the failure occurring in an abrupt pull-out from a dive following recovery from an inadvertent spin. |
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