ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239225
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 July 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Northrop 3A (XP-948) |
| Owner/operator: | USAAC |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | 44 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Santa Monica Bay, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Jack Northrop Field, Hawthorne, California |
| Jack Northrop Field, Hawthorne, California | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
First Lieutenant Frank Scare took off the sole prototype of new fighter aircraft (variant of unsuccessful Northrop XFT) for a test flight over the Pacific with intent to check aircraft's spin characteristics and failed to return. No trace of the plane or its pilot were ever found.
The aircraft reportedly had a tendency to go into spins.
Newspaper accounts list pilot as Arthur H. Skaer, Jr (not "Frank Scare" as stated on Wikipedia)
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft_(1935%E2%80%931939)#1935
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_XFT
Meridien (CT) Record Journal, 5 August 1935, p. 1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2020 18:57 | nempobur | Added |
| 05-Apr-2022 18:00 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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