ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 178382
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| Date: | Friday 9 November 1956 |
| Time: | 15:36 |
| Type: | Martin XP6M-1 SeaMaster |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 138822 |
| MSN: | XP-2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Odessa, DE -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Martin State Airport (KMTN), Middle River, Baltimore County, Maryland |
| Martin State Airport, Middle River, Baltimore County, Maryland | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The second prototype XP6M-1 SeaMaster was on a routine test flight out of the Glenn L Martin Company Airfield when, while carrying out vibration checks in a shallow full power dive from 25,000 ft. the elevator jack failed due to being overloaded, this caused the aircraft when at 22,000 ft. to go into a tight upwards loop at which point the four aircrew ejected. The aircraft exploded and broke up at 5,000 ft., crashing near Odessa, Delaware. The four Glenn L. Martin Company employees, Test Pilot, Robert S. Turner, Co-Pilot, William Cunningham, Engineer, William Compton and Engineer, Thomas Kenney, all landed safely.
(Naval Test Center US Navy)
Sources:
El Siglo de Torreón 10 November, p9
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00010883/02049/7j
Victoria Advocat 10 November 1956, p1+2
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2015 11:31 | TB | Added |
| 07-Aug-2015 11:37 | TB | Updated [Nature] |
| 01-Dec-2015 09:35 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 22-May-2020 06:07 | Peter Clarke | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Jun-2020 08:50 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 10-Feb-2021 20:13 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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