ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342326
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| Date: | Saturday 19 December 1936 |
| Time: | 20:47 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-2-112 |
| Owner/operator: | Eastern Air Lines |
| Registration: | NC13732 |
| MSN: | 1258 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1934 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 6,5 km NE of Milford, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Charleston Municipal Airport, SC (CHS/KCHS) |
| Newark Airport, NJ (EWR/KEWR) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into trees in bad weather at night on wooded hillside 60 miles (97 km) from its destination Newark.
Causes:
Error on the part of the pilot for attempting to go down under the overcast without first definitely proving his position.
Improper dispatching for clearing the flight into an area of predicted bad weather, particularly when the area cleared through did not permit a safe return, and
Static conditions encountered which rendered reception of the radio range signales over the airplane's range receivers unintelligible.
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