Washington DC – Cleveland

On October 21, 1932 at 12:15 PM, Washington DC – Cleveland experienced a crash involving New Standard D-27, operated by Pennsylvania Airlines, with the event recorded near Somerset 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, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The pilot departed Washington DC on a mail flight to Cleveland. While cruising over the Allegheny Mountain Range, the aircraft caught fire for unknown reasons. The pilot bailed out and abandoned the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed in a hilly and wooded terrain located near Somerset. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC9124, MSN 118, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.9980°, -79.0416°.