New York - Kaunas

On July 17, 1933 at 02:00 AM, New York - Kaunas experienced a crash involving Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker, operated by Steponas Darius, with the event recorded near Myslibórz West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Zachodniopomorskie).

The flight was categorized as private 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 weather. Both Lithuanian Aviators Steponas Darius and Stasys Girenas were performing a non stop transatlantic flight from New York (Floyd Bennett Field) to Kaunas, Lithuania. After crossing the Atlantic and Germany, the aircraft named 'Lituanica' arrived over Pomerania and encountered poor weather conditions. It went out of control and crashed in Soldin, Germany (this city was renamed Myslibórz and became Polish after WWII). Both crew were killed. The planned route had to cover a total of 7,186 km. When the aircraft went down, Darius and Girenas were only 630 km from the destination.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC688E, MSN 137, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.9248°, 14.8665°.