Crash of a Pitcairn PA-6 Mailwing in Atlanta: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Sep 13, 1929
Registration:
NC38E
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
New York – Atlanta
MSN:
13
YOM:
1928
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
On approach to Atlanta, the aircraft was too low and collided with the mast of radio antenna. Out of control, it crashed in a field located in Fort McPherson, north of the airport. The pilot Rushton Sidney 'Sid' Molloy was killed.