Assateague - Norfolk

On December 5, 1936 at 12:00 AM, Assateague - Norfolk experienced a crash involving Douglas Dolphin, operated by United States Coast Guard - USCG, with the event recorded near Assateague Virginia.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Lieutenant Luke Christopher had been ordered from the Cape May Air Station to pick up a sick man in Assateague Harbor from an Assateague surfboat. He picked up the patient to transport him to the Norfolk Hospital, but crashed on takeoff and died shortly after. The sick man, who survived the crash, was later transported to the hospital at Salisbury, Maryland.

Aircraft reference details include registration V111, MSN 1122.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.1486°, -75.1858°.