Newark – Hartford

On February 3, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Newark – Hartford experienced a crash involving Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing, operated by Colonial Air Transport, with the event recorded near Hartford Connecticut.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 was completing a mail flight from Newark to Hartford, Connecticut. While approaching the destination, he failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane impacted the roof of a house and crashed in the Connecticut River. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC801H, MSN 41, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.7646°, -72.6909°.