Aviat Space Envir Md
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Aviat Space Envir Md · Mar 1987
Historical ArticleReported in-flight incapacitation: the early birds of 1911.
Numerous fatal accidents marred the early years of aviation, but not until 1911 was the first accident attributed to inflight incapacitation of the pilot. Two such accidents occurred in 1911 and were reported due to medical causes. ⋯ We believe them to have been caused by pilot error, and not by medical causes. So the first accident due to inflight incapacitation of the aircrew for medical reasons still remains unknown.