American Airlines Flight 1 (1941)

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]

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 42.756319°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
Occupants	20
Passengers	17
Crew	3
Fatalities	20
Survivors	0

The probable cause of the crash was not determined in the published Civil Aeronautics Board accident report.[3]