Lovettsville Air Disaster

Lovettsville Air Disaster

Infobox Airliner incident
name=Lovettsville Air Disaster
Crash

Image caption=
Date=August 31, 1940
Type=Windshear (probable)
Site=Lovettsville, Virginia
Fatalities=25
Injuries=
Aircraft Type=Douglas DC-3
Operator=Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Tail Number=NC21789
Passengers=21
Crew=4
Survivors =0

The Lovettsville Air Disaster occurred on August 31, 1940 near Lovettsville, Virginia. The Pennsylvania Central Airlines Douglas DC-3 was flying through a thunderstorm in turbulence when it nosed over and plunged to earth. With limited accident investigation tools at the time, it is believed that the most likely cause was the plane flying into windshear. U.S. Senator Ernest Lundeen from Minnesota was one of those killed. [cite news |title=Death in the Blue Ridge |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764600,00.html |work=Time |publisher= |id= |pages= |page= |date=1940-09-09 |accessdate=2007-04-12 |language= |quote= ]

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