| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | June 13, 1947 |
| Time: | 1816 |
| Location: | Leesburg, Virginia |
| Operator: | Pennsylvania Central Airlines |
| Flight #: | 410 |
| Route: | Pittsburgh - Washington D.C. |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-4 (C-54-DO) |
| Registration: | NC88842 |
| cn / ln: | 3112 |
| Aboard: | 50 (passengers:47 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 50 (passengers:47 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed into a ridge at Lookout Rock, 8 miles SE of Charles Town, WV during a rainstorm. The action of the pilot in descending below the minimum en route altitude under conditions of weather which prevented adquate visual reference to the ground. A contributing cause was the faulty clearance given by ATC. |
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