Crash of a Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing in Jetersville
Date & Time:
Sep 5, 1929
Operator:
Registration:
NC36E
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
11
YOM:
1928
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, the pilot decided to abandon the aircraft due to a fuel exhaustion and bailed out. The aircraft entered a dive and crashed in an uninhabited area. The pilot was found alive.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.
