New York – Bellefonte – Cleveland

On May 24, 1931 at 10:30 PM, New York – Bellefonte – Cleveland experienced a crash involving Boeing 95, operated by National Air Transport - USA, with the event recorded near Mt Nittany 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, 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 weather. The pilot, sole on board, departed New York on a mail flight to Cleveland. While approaching Bellefonte from the east at night, he encountered icing conditions. The airplane lost height and descended until it impacted the slope of Mt Nittany located about 5 km southeast of Tylersville. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC397E, MSN 1057, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9133°, -77.6308°.