Philadelphia - Cleveland - Rockford

On June 22, 1972 at 07:40 AM, Philadelphia - Cleveland - Rockford experienced a crash involving Beechcraft E18, operated by Quaker City Airways, with the event recorded near Cleveland-Hopkins Ohio.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) 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 technical failure. Just after liftoff, while in initial climb, the left wing detached. Out of control, the airplane crashed in a huge explosion and was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N42A, MSN BA-133, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.4252°, -81.8329°.