| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 31, 1940 |
| Time: | 1441 |
| Location: | Near Lovettsville, Virginia |
| Operator: | Pennsylvania Central Airlines |
| Flight #: | 19 |
| Route: | Washington D.C. - Detroit |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | NC21789 |
| cn / ln: | 2188 |
| Aboard: | 25 (passengers:21 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 25 (passengers:21 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft was flying through a thunderstorm in turbulence when the it nosed over and plunged to earth near Short Hill Mountain. Disabling of the pilots by a severe lightning discharge in the immediate neighborhood of the airplane, with resulting loss of control. With limited accident investigation tools at the time, the most likely cause was the plane flying into windshear. U.S. Senator Ernest Lundeen from Minnesota killed. |
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