[DOC] [TLE] Thomas Selfridge - Wikipedia [PAR] Thomas Etholen Selfridge (February 8, 1882  September 17, 1908) was a first 
lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He became the first person to die in a crash of a 
powered airplane when a ... There, he was one of three pilots trained to fly the 
Army Dirigible Number One, purchased in July, 1908 from Thomas Scott Baldwin. 
He was... [DOC] [TLE] Sept. 17, 1908: First Airplane Passenger Death | WIRED [PAR] Sep 17, 2010 ... 1908: During flight trials to win a contract from the U.S. Army Signal Corps, pilot 
Orville Wright and passenger Lt. Thomas Selfridge crash in a ... Wright is injured, 
and Selfridge becomes the first passenger to die in an airplane accident. ... But 
the Wright brothers were awarded two contracts in 1908: one from... [DOC] [TLE] Wright Brother's First Fatal Airplane Crash - 20th Century History [PAR] The 1908 Crash That Almost Killed Orville Wright and Did Kill One Other ... 
Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, who thus became the first man to die in a powered 
aeroplane. ... Everything went well until that fateful day, September 17, 1908, 
which began with a ... These flights were part of an exhibition for the United 
States Army. [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Etholen Selfridge, First Lieutenant, United States Army [PAR] Selfridge died that afternoon, the first man killed in a heavier-than-air flying ... 
Doctors Attending to Lieutenant Selfridge Following The Crash On Fort Myer ... In 
early 1908 he was accorded the honor of designing the Association's first 
airplane. ... On September 17 he climbed into the passenger seat to fly with 
Orville. [DOC] [TLE] The First Airplane Fatality: February '01 American History Feature ... [PAR] Aug 19, 2001 ... When a plane piloted by Orville Wright in 1908 crashed during a test ... As Orville 
Wright made a final visual inspection of the aircraft, Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge 
stood nearby, ... The date was September 17, 1908. ... One of their first steps was 
to write to Langley at the Smithsonian, .... He died that night. [DOC] [TLE] Orville Wright and the First Person to Die in an Airplane - Neatorama [PAR] Mar 13, 2013 ... The Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, were the first pilots to have a ... Thomas 
Selfridge and Orville Wright before takeoff. It was on September 17, 1908, that 
Orville Wright took 26-year-old Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge up for another 
demonstration. ... He was the first person ever to die in a plane crash. [DOC] [TLE] On September 17, 1908, Lt. Thomas Selfridge became the first ... [PAR] The cause of the accident is shown here: a sheet metal fitting, the "eye" of ... 
September 17, 1908: Lt. Thomas Selfridge becomes the first fatality in a ... On 
December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful man-
powered ..... December 17, 1903: One of only two photographs taken of the 
original 1903... [DOC] [TLE] Tragedy at Fort Myer - Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company [PAR] The best of these was a piece that he wrote for Century magazine, "The Wright ... 
One of the requirements in the Army specifications was that the airplane fly 40 ... 
On September 17, he took Lt. Thomas Selfridge flying, and he was none too ... He 
died on the operating table, the first victim of an accident in a powered aircraft. [DOC] [TLE] The wreck of the 1908 Wright Flyer that seriously injured Orville ... [PAR] Apr 14, 2016 ... Please consider submitting those images to /r/thewaywewere or ... wreck of the 
1908 Wright Flyer that seriously injured Orville Wright and killed Lt. Thomas E. 
Selfridge, the first person to die as the result of an airplane accident. Sept. 17 .... 
allow the brothers flying together, so if one died the other one could... [DOC] [TLE] What Dreams We Have (Chapter 9) - National Park Service [PAR] These flights finally brought the Wright brothers the recognition for their 
achievements that had ... Wilbur's first demonstration flight in France occurred on 
August 8. ... On September 17,

Question: The first man to die as the result of one of these accidents was Lt. Thomas Selfridge on Sept. 17, 1908
Answer: an airplane crash