ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342312
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| Date: | Thursday 25 March 1937 |
| Time: | 18:40 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-2-112 |
| Owner/operator: | Transcontinental & Western Air - TWA |
| Registration: | NC13730 |
| MSN: | 1256 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1934 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Clifton, PA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Camden Central Airport, NJ |
| Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, PA (AGC/KAGC) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed nose first in a small gully near Clifton, 7 miles (11 km) from Pittsburgh due to icing.
The full routing of this flight was: Newark, NJ - Camden, NJ (Philadelphia) - Pittsburgh, PA - Chicago, IL.
It is the opinion of the Accident Board that the probable cause of this accident was a heavy accumulation of ice on the airplane wing tips and ailerons which rendered the airplane uncontrollable.
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