Bellefonte – Cleveland

On April 22, 1920 at 10:20 AM, Bellefonte – Cleveland experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Gorton Pennsylvania.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Bellefonte, the pilot encountered engine problems. He attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in a hilly terrain located north of Bellefonte. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 98.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9942°, -78.0406°.