Bellefonte – Cleveland

On December 2, 1929 at 12:00 AM, Bellefonte – Cleveland experienced a crash involving Douglas M-3, operated by National Air Transport - USA, with the event recorded near Chagrin Falls Ohio.

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.

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.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC789, MSN 622.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.4366°, -81.3855°.