ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 109968
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| Date: | Saturday 11 September 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Bowlus-Criz MC-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Airborne & General Co. |
| Registration: | NX21757 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 miles southeast of March Field, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | March Field CA |
| March field CA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The MC-1 was the first full size prototype of the intended CG-16 military troop carrying glider. A 1/2 size MC-1 had been flown successfully.
The " lifting fuselage " design was on its second flight and crashed when insecurely fastened ballast shifted as the glider was rocked by the slipstream of the towing C-60 aircraft. The MC-1 went into an irrecoverable spin and three of the passengers baled out. One of them, the notable civilian glider pilot Richard C. DuPont, did not survive the jump. The other three occupants, including the pilot Colonel Ernest P. Gabel and co-pilot Howard Morrison, remained in the glider and were killed in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Dec-2014 09:49 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Plane category] |
| 26-Dec-2014 10:11 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 26-Dec-2014 10:13 | angels one five | Updated [Total fatalities] |
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