 In early 1934 flight tests, especially dive-bombing, began.On 14 June 1934 this aircraft crashed- attributed to wing failure- in Lancaster, New York, about 6 mi (9.66 km) from the Curtiss plant, during one of the tests and it was destroyed.Curtiss-Wright made a proposal to the Navy to build one replacement aircraft that would be a staggered wing biplane, would not have folding wings but would have leading edge slots and the lower wing would have full span flaps.