Miami – West Palm Beach – Daytona Beach – Jacksonville – Brunswick – Savannah – Charleston – Raleigh – Richmond – Washington DC – Baltimore – Philadelphia – New York

On April 3, 1941 at 09:07 AM, Miami – West Palm Beach – Daytona Beach – Jacksonville – Brunswick – Savannah – Charleston – Raleigh – Richmond – Washington DC – Baltimore – Philadelphia – New York experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Eastern Airlines, with the event recorded near Vero Beach Florida.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 16 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: 13, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While cruising along the east coast of Florida, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with storm activity and turbulence. The aircraft went out of control and crashed in a swampy area near Vero Beach. All sixteen occupants were rescued while the aircraft was wrecked. Crew: Gerald O'Brien, Captain, Byron M. Crabtree, first officer, Albert Marin, steward.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC21727, MSN 2143, year of manufacture 1939.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.6387°, -80.3975°.