Richmond – Jacksonville

On November 19, 1932 at 03:15 AM, Richmond – Jacksonville experienced a crash involving Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing, operated by Eastern Air Transport, with the event recorded near Edgemoor South Carolina.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 other causes. The pilot, sole on board, departed Richmond on a night mail flight to Jacksonville. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and the visibility was poor due to foggy conditions. The pilot got lost and because the aircraft ran out of fuel, the pilot decided to bail out and abandoned the airplane that crashed in a pasture. The pilot was found alive.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC546K, MSN 86, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.8057°, -81.0115°.