Pittsburgh - Morgantown

On April 14, 1945 at 04:58 PM, Pittsburgh - Morgantown experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Pennsylvania Central Air Lines, with the event recorded near Morgantown West Virginia.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

20 people were known to be on board, 20 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 17, passenger fatalities: 17, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Enroute, the crew was informed several times about weather conditions at destination with low ceiling at 1,000 feet and low visibility, max one mile. While approaching Morgantown at an altitude of 2,100 feet in clouds, the aircraft hit the west slope of Mt Cheat located 7 miles northeast of Morgantown. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 20 occupants were killed. Crew: Harold Houston Jones, pilot, William Thomas Repack, copilot, Marion Grace Adams, hostess.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC25692, MSN 2262, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.6297°, -79.9559°.