Atlantic City – Washington DC

On August 19, 1933 at 03:15 PM, Atlantic City – Washington DC experienced a crash involving Lockheed 5 Vega, operated by Skyloft, with the event recorded near Leipsic Delaware.

The flight was categorized as private 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 weather. En route from Atlantic City to Washington DC, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions. While trying to avoid a storm, he lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed in a marshy area located about 5 km southeast of Leipsic. The pilot Harold E. McMahon was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC658E, MSN 55, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.2409°, -75.5168°.