College Park - College Park

On August 16, 1920 at 12:00 AM, College Park - College Park experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near College Park Maryland.

The flight was categorized as training 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 human factor. The piot, sole on board, was completing a local training flight at College Park Aerodrome, practicing landings. Just after the third takeoff, the right lower wing impacted a wireless tower. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot Robert Gautier was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 31704.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.9807°, -76.9369°.