Charleston – Langley

On September 3, 1921 at 12:00 AM, Charleston – Langley experienced a crash involving Thomas-Morse MB-2, operated by United States Army Air Service - USAAS, with the event recorded near Poe West Virginia.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 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: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft was on its way from Charleston to Langley AFB with two other airplanes. En route, they ran into a thunderstorm and a few minutes later, one machine fell. Another continued on and landed at Seebert, about a hundred miles east, while the third aircraft returned and landed on another place. The aircraft was seen to go into a spin and crashed into the ground. One of the other machines flew low, located the scene of the accident and found the bomber in flames, with its tail pointing upward. All five occupants were killed. Crew: Lt Harry Speck, pilot, Lt William Fitzpatrick, copilot. Passengers: Sgt Arthur Brown, Cpl Alexander Hazleton, Walter Howard.

Aircraft reference details include registration AS-64212.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.2521°, -80.9659°.