New Brunswick – Bellefonte

On October 3, 1926 at 01:55 AM, New Brunswick – Bellefonte experienced a crash involving Douglas M-3, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Sunbury Pennsylvania.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from New Brunswick to Bellefonte, while on a night mail flight, the pilot got lost due to poor visibility caused by foggy conditions. While attempting an emergency landing, the aircraft hit a tree and crashed in the Susquehanna River off Sunbury. The pilot was rescued and the aircraft was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration 621.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.8620°, -76.7936°.