Columbus – Pittsburgh

On March 21, 1932 at 02:00 AM, Columbus – Pittsburgh experienced a crash involving Northrop Alpha 3, operated by Transcontinental %26 Western Air - TWA, with the event recorded near Steubenville Ohio.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While on a night cargo flight from Columbus to Pittsburgh, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. He decided to bail and abandoned the aircraft when the cords of his parachute got stuck in the fuselage. The airplane entered a dive and crashed in the Ohio River in Steubenville. The pilot was killed and the passenger female was never recovered.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC966Y, MSN 9, year of manufacture 1931.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.3601°, -80.6151°.