Kalamazoo – Chicago

On March 11, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Kalamazoo – Chicago experienced a crash involving Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing, operated by Thompson Aeronautical Corporation, with the event recorded near Mishawaka 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, 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 weather. While approaching South Bend, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. As he lost his orientation and was unable to fix his position, he decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. He landed about four miles southeast of Mishawaka, half a mile from where the plane crashed and was destroyed. Two sacks of mail were undamaged. The pilot Albert Hunt "Al" DeWitt was uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC878M, MSN 55, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.6612°, -86.1807°.