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Safety history
August 31, 1940Accident
On August 31, 1940, at approximately 2:41 p.m. (EST), Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Trip 19 crashed in the vicinity of Lovettsville, Virginia. The Douglas DC-3 was destroyed, and all 25 people on board suffered fatal injuries.
**The flight**
Trip 19 was a scheduled domestic flight from Washington, D.C., to Detroit, Michigan, with an intermediate stop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The aircraft, registration NC 21789, was a Douglas Model DC-3 powered by two Wright Cyclone engines. It carried 21
Douglas DC-3 · 25 fatalities
Upon the basis of the foregoing findings of probable fact and the exit record in this investigation, CAB finds that the probable cause of the accident was the disabling of the pilots by a severe lightning discharge in the immediate neighborhood of the airplane, with resulting loss of control. Full accident record