
While the 1st prototype suffered hydraulic failure on its second flight and crashed into the woods on final for Calverton 12-30-1970 and the 2nd prototype was written off 05-13-1974 when the aircraft suffered an in flight hydrazine APU fire. It landed safely but was listed as a write off due to extensive damage.
The 3rd prototype.......BuNo-157982
was used for non-destructive structural testing.
A famous picture of this aircraft in testing
