Graham Clayton, e-mail, 13.02.2021 01:03 1st Lieutenant Arthur Henry Skaer, Jr., Air Corps Reserve, who was employed by Northrop as a test pilot, took off from Mines Field to conduct spin tests. Skaer never returned. An extensive search was conducted of the nearby Palos Verdes Peninsula and the southern California coastal waters. An Air Corps search plane spotted what appeared to be fresh oil on the surface, but no other sign of Lieutenant Skaer or the Northrop 3A were ever found.

Steve B., e-mail, 19.08.2016 05:50 I've researched this a/c for years, never any mention of spin being involved. N3A was lost at sea drink flight test of max. Speed.

BHH, 19.10.2015 08:53 The same fate that happened to JFK jr. happened to the N3A that day over the pacific. The only thing is the N3A was never found, that's all. In this case, a spin the pilot just couldn't get out of. :(

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