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Crash of a Douglas M-3 in Chagrin Falls: 1 killed

Date & Time: Dec 2, 1929
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NC789
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bellefonte – Cleveland
MSN:
622
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route from Bellefonte to Cleveland, the single engine aircraft went out of control and crashed in a snow covered field located in an uninhabited area close to Chagrin Falls. The wreckage was found four days later. The pilot Thomas P. Nelson, sole on board, was killed.