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Date: | Monday 2 June 1941 |
Time: | |
Type: | Consolidated LB-30 Liberator Mk II |
Owner/operator: | Consolidated Aircraft Corporation |
Registration: | AL503 |
MSN: | c/n 1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | San Diego Bay, California, -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Lindbergh Field, San Diego, CA |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Liberator AL503 crashed into San Diego Bay 2.6.41 when loose bolt fouled elevator controls just after take-off on final acceptance flight; crew killed, inc William B Wheatley, Consolidated's chief test pilot.
Pilot Lost control during climb out due to a malfunction in the elevator system and crashed.
Sources:
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=OT19410602.1.1&srpos=1&e=02-06-1941-04-06-1941--en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-Liberator------- Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
16-Apr-2024 09:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Operator] |
12-May-2024 12:09 |
Nepa |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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