Miami – Charleston – Newark

On December 19, 1936 at 08:47 PM, Miami – Charleston – Newark experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-2, operated by Eastern Airlines, with the event recorded near Milford Pennsylvania.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 11 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Newark from the west, the aircraft was passing successively 6,000, 4,000 and 2,000 feet. The pilot was unable to localize Camden and was unaware of his real position when on descent to 1,400 feet, the left wing hit tree tops. Aircraft stalled and crashed in a wooded area located on a hill some four miles northeast of Milford. All eleven occupants were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC13732, MSN 1258, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.3223°, -74.8024°.