Hazlehurst – Bellefonte

On September 27, 1920 at 12:00 AM, Hazlehurst – Bellefonte experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Millersburg Pennsylvania.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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. En route from Hazlehurst to Bellefonte, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. He reduced his altitude to maintain a visual contact with the ground when the aircraft collided with power cables and crashed in the Susquehanna River off Millersburg. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot F. A. Robinson was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 31679.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.5417°, -76.9614°.