Chicago – Cleveland

On March 10, 1920 at 12:00 AM, Chicago – Cleveland experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near New Paris Indiana.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. 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.

Aircraft reference details include registration 65.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.5045°, -85.8241°.