Boston – Hartford

On September 3, 1927 at 12:00 AM, Boston – Hartford experienced a crash involving Fokker Universal, operated by Colonial Air Transport, with the event recorded near Willington Connecticut.

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.

The listed crash cause is weather. The pilot, sole on board, departed Boston on a night mail flight to Hartford. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions and was forced to make two emergency landing. While flying in poor visibility, the airplane struck a hill and crashed near Willington. The pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC52, MSN 405, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.8758°, -72.2643°.