American Airlines Flight 1 (1941)

American Airlines Flight 1
An American Airlines DC-3, similar to the one that crashed
Accident
Date October 30, 1941 (1941-10-30)
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 / 42.756319; -81.399685Coordinates: 42°45′23″N 81°23′59″W / 42.756319°N 81.399685°W / 42.756319; -81.399685 (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
Passengers 17
Crew 3
Fatalities 20

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

  1. ↑ "American Airlines 1941 timetable".
  2. ↑ "CAB Docket SA-54" (PDF). 1942-03-13. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  3. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3-277B NC25663 St. Thomas, ON". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-12-05.
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