American Airlines Flight 1 (1941)
_%22Flagship_Detroit%22_(4851531441).jpg) An American Airlines DC-3, similar to the one that crashed | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | October 30, 1941 |
| Summary | crash of undetermined probable cause |
| Site | Lawrence Station, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada 42°45′23″N 81°23′59″W / 42.756319°N 81.399685°W (approximate) |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3-277B |
| Operator | American Airlines |
| Registration | NC25663 |
| Flight origin | New York City |
| 1st stopover | Newark, New Jersey |
| 2nd stopover | Buffalo, New York |
| 3rd stopover | Detroit, Michigan |
| Last stopover | South Bend, Indiana |
| Destination | Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupants | 20 |
| Passengers | 17 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 20 |
| Survivors | 0 |
American Airlines Flight 1, dubbed "the New Yorker",[1] was a regularly scheduled, multiple stop flight from La Guardia Airport to Chicago Municipal Airport. It had intermediate stops at Newark, New Jersey; Buffalo, New York; Detroit, Michigan; and South Bend, Indiana. On October 30, 1941, on the flight's leg between Buffalo and Detroit, the American Airlines Douglas DC-3-277B operating the route crashed into a wheat field approximately one half mile east of the town of Lawrence Station, Ontario. All aboard, including 17 passengers and 3 crew, were killed.[2]
The probable cause of the crash was not determined in the published Civil Aeronautics Board accident report.[3]
References
- ^ "American Airlines 1941 timetable".
- ^ "CAB Docket SA-54" (PDF). 1942-03-13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-06-06. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3-277B NC25663 St. Thomas, ON". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
