Cleveland – Chicago

On September 14, 1920 at 12:00 AM, Cleveland – Chicago experienced a crash involving Junkers-Larsen JL-6 (Junkers F.13), operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Pemberville Ohio.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The engine caught fire in flight, forcing the pilot to attempt an emergency landing. He reduced his altitude when the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a field, bursting into flames. Both occupants, the pilot W. H. Stevens and the mechanic H. L. Thomas, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 308, MSN 560, year of manufacture 1920.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.4109°, -83.4610°.