Crash of a De Havilland DH.4 in New Paris: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 10, 1920
Operator:
Registration:
65
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Chicago – Cleveland
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The pilot, sole on board, was completing a mail flight. En route, weather conditions worsened and visibility was poor due to fog. The pilot reduced his altitude in an attempt to maintain a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft contacted trees and crashed in a wooded area. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot C. W. Stoner was killed.
