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Crash of a Curtiss R-4LM in Catonsville: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1919
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
32
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Washington DC – New York
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Too low, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed in a wooded area located in Catonsville, about 10 km north of the Baltimore Airport. The pilot Lyman W. Doty was killed.