Chicago - Bryan

On February 12, 1926 at 12:00 AM, Chicago - Bryan experienced a crash involving Curtiss Carrier Pigeon, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Montpelier Ohio.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight 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.

While cruising at low altitude on a mail flight from Chicago to Bryan, the single engine aircraft impacted trees and crashed in a wooded area. Sole on board, the pilot Arthur R. Smith was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 602.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.5845°, -84.6055°.