Charlotte – Greensboro

On November 12, 1930 at 03:30 AM, Charlotte – Greensboro experienced a crash involving Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing, operated by Eastern Air Transport, with the event recorded near Casar North Carolina.

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 technical failure. En route from Charlotte to Greensboro, the engine failed. As the pilot was unable to attempt an emergency landing, he decided to bail out. The aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed. The pilot Henry Tyndall 'Dick' Merrill was unhurt.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC298E, MSN 19, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.5124°, -81.6173°.