Albuquerque - Joplin - Saint Louis

On September 20, 1974 at 04:00 AM, Albuquerque - Joplin - Saint Louis experienced a crash involving Piper PA-31-310 Navajo, operated by INA Aviation, with the event recorded near Duenweg Missouri.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The pilot, sole on board, was completing a flight from Albuquerque to Saint Louis with an intermediate stop in Joplin. On approach by night and marginal weather conditions, he was unable to locate the runway and decided to make a go-around. A second approach was abandoned few minutes later. During the third approach, low fuel reserves forced the pilot to attempt an emergency landing on a highway. In limited visibility, the twin engine airplane struck a highway bridged and crashed about 5 miles southeast of runway 31 threshold. The pilot was seriously injured and the aircraft was totally destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N510BB, MSN 31-786, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.0837°, -94.4136°.