24 November 1913

On November 24, 1913 Lieutenants Hugh M. Kelly and Eric L. Ellington, of the U.S. Army First Aero Corps, were killed at North Island, San Diego in the crash of a Wright Model C biplane. Ellington occupied the instructor's seat with Lieutenant Kelly receiving instruction. Spectators say the biplane suddenly pitched forward, nose downward, and shot to the earth. The impact probably killed both men, but the motor made death sure by crushing them.