Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105
A similar DC-3
Accident
DateJanuary 6, 1946
SummaryControlled Flight Into Terrain
Site
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-3-393
OperatorPennsylvania Central Airlines
RegistrationNC21786
Flight originLaGuardia Field, New York City, New York
DestinationBirmingham Municipal Airport, Birmingham, Alabama
Occupants19
Passengers15
Crew4
Fatalities3
Injuries5
Survivors16

Pennsylvania Central Airlines Flight 105 was a regularly scheduled commercial flight between New York City and Birmingham, Alabama which crashed in the pre-dawn hours of January 6, 1946 while landing at Birmingham Municipal Airport, resulting in three fatalities.