{"id":7701521,"date":"2026-07-29T08:44:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T06:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/howard-hughes-xf-11-crash-1946\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:18:28","slug":"howard-hughes-xf-11-sufre-un-accidente-en-1946","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/howard-hughes-xf-11-crash-1946\/","title":{"rendered":"El vuelo que destroz\u00f3 a Howard Hughes"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>En la tarde del 7 de julio de 1946, el hombre m\u00e1s rico de Estados Unidos subi\u00f3 a un avi\u00f3n plateado de dise\u00f1o experimental y despeg\u00f3 solo, desoyendo los consejos de todos a su alrededor. Poco m\u00e1s de una hora despu\u00e9s, Howard Hughes yac\u00eda entre los restos humeantes de una sala de estar en Beverly Hills, con el pecho destrozado, el cuerpo quemado y la vida pendiendo de un hilo.<\/p>\r\n<p>El avi\u00f3n era el Hughes XF-11, un elegante avi\u00f3n esp\u00eda de doble fuselaje en el que hab\u00eda basado su reputaci\u00f3n. Su primer vuelo casi le costar\u00eda la vida y cambiar\u00eda el resto de su existencia.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><h3 style=\"margin-top:0;padding-top:0\">Datos r\u00e1pidos<\/h3><ul style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.9\">\r\n<li><strong>Tipo:<\/strong> Prototipo de avi\u00f3n de reconocimiento fotogr\u00e1fico<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Fabricante:<\/strong> Hughes Aircraft Company, para las Fuerzas A\u00e9reas del Ej\u00e9rcito de los Estados Unidos<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Motores:<\/strong> Dos motores radiales Pratt &amp; Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, de aproximadamente 3000 hp cada uno, que impulsan h\u00e9lices contrarrotatorias.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Multitud:<\/strong> 2<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Primer vuelo:<\/strong> 7 de julio de 1946, pilotado por el propio Howard Hughes.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Construido:<\/strong> 2 prototipos (un pedido de 100 unidades fue cancelado al finalizar la guerra).<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>El accidente:<\/strong> La h\u00e9lice trasera del motor derecho invirti\u00f3 su paso; el avi\u00f3n se estrell\u00f3 en Beverly Hills.<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Las lesiones de Hughes:<\/strong> Quemaduras graves, pecho aplastado, pulm\u00f3n colapsado, m\u00faltiples costillas rotas: sobrevivi\u00f3.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Un avi\u00f3n que el Ej\u00e9rcito realmente no quer\u00eda.<\/h2>\r\n<p>El XF-11 fue fruto de la guerra y de la incansable labor de cabildeo de Hughes. En 1943, con el respaldo de Elliott Roosevelt, se encarg\u00f3 la aeronave a pesar de las en\u00e9rgicas objeciones de los propios expertos del Ej\u00e9rcito \u2014un centenar de ellos\u2014, bas\u00e1ndose en las promesas de Hughes. Al finalizar la guerra, el pedido se redujo a tan solo dos prototipos.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1117645142  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/howard-hughes-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Howard Hughes en 1938\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Howard Hughes en 1938, ya un aviador y productor de cine que bati\u00f3 r\u00e9cords antes de que el XF-11 casi le costara la vida. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cen contra de mi buen juicio y del consejo de mi personal\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>General Henry &quot;Hap&quot; Arnold<\/strong> \u2014 Comandante General de la USAAF, sobre el pedido del F-11 (v\u00eda Bartlett &amp; Steele)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Era una m\u00e1quina grande y hermosa: dos enormes motores radiales Pratt &amp; Whitney Wasp Major, cada uno con h\u00e9lices contrarrotatorias, montados sobre un elegante fuselaje de doble brazo. En teor\u00eda, volar\u00eda m\u00e1s alto y m\u00e1s lejos que casi cualquier otro avi\u00f3n. Hughes, un piloto verdaderamente talentoso, insisti\u00f3 en ser \u00e9l quien lo demostrara.<\/p><h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Setenta y cinco minutos para el desastre<\/h2>\r\n<p>Incumpli\u00f3 el plan casi de inmediato. La prueba requer\u00eda un vuelo corto y cuidadoso con el tren de aterrizaje extendido. En cambio, Hughes retrajo el tren, carg\u00f3 mucho m\u00e1s combustible del acordado y se mantuvo en el aire. Luego, tras m\u00e1s de una hora de vuelo, algo fall\u00f3 en el sistema de la h\u00e9lice del motor derecho.<\/p>\r\n<p>Una fuga hidr\u00e1ulica provoc\u00f3 que la h\u00e9lice trasera derecha girara en sentido inverso. De repente, un lado del avi\u00f3n se arrastraba como un ancla, haciendo que la nariz girara y cayera. Hughes, luchando por mantener el control, tom\u00f3 una decisi\u00f3n equivocada: mantuvo la potencia en el lado defectuoso en lugar del que funcionaba correctamente, y el avi\u00f3n sigui\u00f3 cayendo sobre los tejados de Beverly Hills.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1109465902  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/hughes-xf-11.jpg\" alt=\"Modelos de los Hughes D-2 y XF-11\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Maquetas del Hughes D-2 y del XF-11, el avi\u00f3n de reconocimiento de doble fuselaje en el que Hughes bas\u00f3 su reputaci\u00f3n. Foto: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>\u201cAl parecer, la p\u00e9rdida de fluido hidr\u00e1ulico provoc\u00f3 la falla del mecanismo de cambio de paso de la h\u00e9lice trasera derecha.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Investigadores de accidentes de la USAAF<\/strong> \u2014 Informe oficial del accidente (archivo del proyecto AFHRA F-11)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Intent\u00f3 planear hasta las calles del campo de golf del Los Angeles Country Club, pero se qued\u00f3 agonizantemente corto, rozando tres casas. La aeronave atraves\u00f3 el vecindario y se incendi\u00f3. Que Hughes sobreviviera fue gracias a un infante de marina estadounidense que pasaba por all\u00ed, el sargento William Lloyd Durkin, quien lo sac\u00f3 de entre las llamas.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:center;margin:2em 0\"><blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"500\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WeirdWings\/comments\/af6kov\/howard_hughes_xf11_crash_beverly_hills_2_were\/\">El accidente del XF-11 en r\/WeirdWings<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">La cama, el segundo plano y la larga sombra<\/h2>\r\n<p>Hughes no deber\u00eda haber sobrevivido. Quemaduras, un t\u00f3rax hundido, un pulm\u00f3n colapsado y varias costillas rotas lo mantuvieron postrado en cama durante meses. Siempre ingenioso, aprovech\u00f3 el tiempo para dise\u00f1ar una cama de hospital motorizada con botones: un ingenioso y sofisticado dispositivo al que a menudo se le atribuye haber influido en las camas ajustables que se usan hoy en d\u00eda en los hospitales. Lamentablemente, los analg\u00e9sicos de aquellos meses lo acompa\u00f1ar\u00edan el resto de su vida.<\/p>\r\n<p>La historia tiene un final m\u00e1s tranquilo. Un segundo XF-11, equipado con h\u00e9lices simples convencionales en lugar de las problem\u00e1ticas contrarrotatorias, vol\u00f3 sin incidentes en abril de 1947. Para entonces, el mundo hab\u00eda cambiado y el programa se cancel\u00f3. El avi\u00f3n esp\u00eda nunca entr\u00f3 en servicio, pero el vuelo que casi lo destruy\u00f3, junto con su creador, se convirti\u00f3 en uno de los incidentes m\u00e1s escalofriantes de la aviaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/il21C_pLhnk\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:center;margin:2em 0\"><blockquote class=\"reddit-embed-bq\" data-embed-height=\"500\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/aviation\/comments\/11cwjq6\/the_hughes_xf11\/\">El Hughes XF-11 en r\/aviation<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;font-style:italic;margin-top:8px\">Fuentes: Wikipedia; Bartlett &amp; Steele, <em>Imperio: La vida, la leyenda y la locura de Howard Hughes<\/em>; Archivo del proyecto F-11 de la Agencia de Investigaci\u00f3n Hist\u00f3rica de la Fuerza A\u00e9rea.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\r\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/vought-xf5u-flying-pancake-navy-fighter\/\">Flying Pancake: El caza de la Armada que nunca vol\u00f3<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the afternoon of 7 July 1946, the richest man in America climbed into an unproven silver aircraft and took off alone, against the advice of everyone around him. 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