17 September, 1908

[aerolearner]

September 17th, 1908

100 years ago today, the first fatal accident involving a powered, heavier than air aircraft occurred at Ft. Myer, Virginia. The pilot, Mr. Orville Wright, was seriously injured and the passenger, US Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge, was killed.

Thomas Etholen Selfridge, First Lieutenant, United States Army

Accident Report

The Aeronautical Board of the US Army Signal Corps conducted a formal investigation into the accident and published a comprehensive report. Many of the issues discussed in the report (analysis of the wreckage, survival factors, witness interviewing) are still essential elements of modern aircraft accident investigation.

http://www.flightsafety.org/ap/ap_dec03.pdf

Since then, dedicated professionals all over the world have investigated thousands of accidents and serious incidents so that "from tragedy we draw knowledge to improve the safety of us all".

[BelArgUSA]

Another disaster

My God...
Shall we get the Pprune accident investigators giving us 1900 postings...?
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Did Captain O. Wright select flaps and slats...?
Did he complete his before takeoff check-list...?
Is it possible that maintenance pulled the warning horn circuit breaker...?
Was there 6.5 knots of tailwind...?
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Happy contrails

[IHL]

I think its a good post, look how far we've come in 100 years but we're still crashing aircraft.

[IRRenewal]

Another disaster???

My god....
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Some people aren't willing to accept any input, not even from accident reports.
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