Youngstown - Pontiac

On May 9, 1979 at 05:00 AM, Youngstown - Pontiac experienced a crash involving Beechcraft E18, operated by Wyman Pilot Services, with the event recorded near Burton Ohio.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a city 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, on a cargo flight from Youngstown to Pontiac, decided to make a low pass over his mother's house. By night, the airplane struck tree tops and crashed in flames. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot, sole on board, was killed. He was the leader of a formation of three aircraft when the accident occurred.

Aircraft reference details include registration N438A, MSN BA-452, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.4714°, -81.1451°.