Crash of a Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing on Mt Lamentation: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 17, 1929
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hartford - Newark
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Few minutes after takeoff from Hartford-Brainard Airport, en route to Newark. The pilot encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Too low, the aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area located on Mt Lamentation, northeast of Meriden. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and the pilot, sole on board, was killed.
