Nothing new under the sun when it comes to means and ways of screwing up.
11/9/27 Short Crusader (seaplane built to compete for the Schneider Trophy) Flying Officer H.M. Schofield attempted to correct a wing lifting during the take off, but the control wires to the ailerons had been crossed during reassembly, so that the aileron movement was reversed. The aircraft continued the roll, and hit the water at a speed of 150 mph (240 km/h). The fuselage broke in half at the cockpit, and Schofield was thrown clear, sustaining serious bruises but no broken bones.
Roy Chadwick (designer of the Lancaster) died on 23 August 1947 in a crash during the takeoff of the prototype Avro Tudor 2 G-AGSU from Woodford airfield, in the vicinity of Shirfold Farm. The accident was due to an error in an overnight servicing in which the aileron cables were inadvertently crossed.
On 30 October 1935, Army Air Corps test-pilot Major Ployer Peter Hill (Chief of the Flying Branch of the Material Division at Wright Field) and Boeing employee Les Tower took the Model 299 (B-17 prototype) on a second evaluation flight. The crew forgot to disengage the "gust locks," a system of devices integral to the design that held the bomber's movable control surfaces in place while the aircraft was parked on the ground. After take-off, due to the failure to manually disengage all of the gust locks, the aircraft entered a steep climb, stalled, nosed over, and crashed, killing Hill and Tower (other observers survived with injuries)
20 Mar 2001 incident to a Lufthansa Airbus A320 on takeoff from Frankfurt. Captains sidestick wired in reverse in roll. Reached 21 degrees bank, and the wingtip is reported to have come within half a meter of the ground. FO pressed ‘priority’ and assumed control.
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