September 17, 1908 (Shigenobu August 22), the first plane crash death occurred.


ran in Fort Myers to watch the rescue Orville - Lieutenant Wright and Cerf Ridge
1908, the U.S. Army Signal Corps Lieutenant Thomas-E-Cerf The odd was killed in the the driving plane crash by Orville - Wright. Cerf Ridge, when he was 26 years old, he is the Wright brothers opened a the aviation new era since the death in a plane crash in the first person. Orville - Wright was seriously injured, but is expected to recover.
the crash occurred at Fort Myers, Virginia. Orville - Wright has been there the series Flight to prove this aircraft meets the requirements set by the U.S. Department of Defense. He with Cerf Ridge in 2000 in front of the audience to take off on the same day at 17:14, watch flying the largest number ever. Review the field to fly twin-engine aircraft took off around 3 laps. When the left propeller of a leaf fragments. Aircraft dive 75 feet hit the ground.
Cerf Ridge, skull fractures, and did not wake up. He died in 20:10. The Defense Minister Lukelaite said the accident will not make the Army Flight Test aborted.