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Sept. 17, 1908, Lt. Thomas Selfridge, while test flying the “Flyer A” with Orville Wright on what was then known as Fort Myer, crashed due to a broken propeller where the tri-service parking lot is today. Selfridge was killed, becoming the first fatality in powered aviation, while Wright was injured and brought to the installation hospital, now known as Bldg. 59, pictured here Oct. 21, 2013 on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. (Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall PAO Photo by Rachel Larue)