NC5493

On June 10, 1942 at 12:00 AM, NC5493 experienced a crash involving Ford 4, operated by Atlantic Airmotive, with the event recorded near West Orange New Jersey.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley 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.

Few minutes after take off from Newark, while on a cargo flight, the three engine aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a field located in West Orange, some 7 miles from the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and post crash fire and the pilot Richard A. Behrens, sole aboard, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC5493, MSN 4-AT-022, year of manufacture 1.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.7987°, -74.2390°.