Bellefonte - Heller Field

On March 30, 1920 at 02:45 PM, Bellefonte - Heller Field experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Heller Field (Newark) New Jersey.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) 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, departed Bellefonte, PA, on a mail flight to Heller Field, Newark, NJ. On approach, while completing a circuit to land at an altitude of about 150 feeet and a speed of 80 mph, the single engine airplane collided with the stack of the Tiffany's factory and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot Harry Conley Sherlock aged 22 was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 72.