Hadley - Hadley

On September 17, 1927 at 03:30 PM, Hadley - Hadley experienced a crash involving Fokker F7, operated by Reynolds Airways, with the event recorded near Dunellen New Jersey.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 58.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a sightseeing flight over the area of Newark. The airplane departed Hadley for a tour with a crew of two and 10 passengers on board. En route, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed in an apple orchard. Five passengers and both pilots were killed while five other occupants were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC776, MSN 4840, year of manufacture 1925.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.5893°, -74.4718°.