We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
On final approach to Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, at a height of 500 feet, the aircraft rolled to the left, entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed short of runway. All 13 occupants were killed. Probable cause (official findings): It was determined by the US Bureau of Air Commerce that ice had built up on its wings and in the slot between the edge of its ailerons and the wing tips, and that the latter condition must have changed the airfoil contour and disrupted the flow of air arou
Douglas DC-2 · 13 fatalities