American Airlines Flight 1 (1941)

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American Airlines Flight 1
Douglas DC-3 (American Airlines) "Flagship Detroit" (4851531441).jpg
An American Airlines DC-3, similar to the one that crashed
Accident
DateOctober 30, 1941 (1941-10-30)
SummaryUndetermined
SiteLawrence Station, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada
42°45′23″N 81°23′59″W / 42.756319°N 81.399685°W / 42.756319; -81.399685Coordinates: 42°45′23″N 81°23′59″W / 42.756319°N 81.399685°W / 42.756319; -81.399685 (approximate)
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-3-277B
OperatorAmerican Airlines
RegistrationNC25663
Flight originNew York City
1st stopoverNewark, New Jersey
2nd stopoverBuffalo, New York
3rd stopoverDetroit, Michigan
Last stopoverSouth Bend, Indiana
DestinationChicago, Illinois
Occupants20
Passengers17
Crew3
Fatalities20
Survivors0

American Airlines Flight 1, dubbed "the New Yorker",[1] was a regularly scheduled, multiple stop flight from La Guardia Airport to Chicago Municipal Airport. It had intermediate stops at Newark, New Jersey; Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; and South Bend, Indiana. On October 30, 1941, on the flight's leg between Buffalo and Detroit, the American Airlines Douglas DC-3-277B operating the route crashed into a wheat field approximately one half mile east of the town of Lawrence Station, Ontario, southwest of London. All aboard, including 17 passengers and 3 crew, were killed.[2]

The probable cause of the crash was not determined in the published Civil Aeronautics Board accident report.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "American Airlines 1941 timetable".
  2. ^ "CAB Docket SA-54" (PDF). 1942-03-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  3. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3-277B NC25663 St. Thomas, ON". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-12-05.

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