Kansas City – Wichita – Amarillo – Albuquerque – Winslow – Los Angeles

On March 31, 1931 at 10:45 AM, Kansas City – Wichita – Amarillo – Albuquerque – Winslow – Los Angeles experienced a crash involving Fokker F10, operated by Transcontinental %26 Western Air - TWA, with the event recorded near Bazaar Kansas.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft departed Kansas City Airport at 0915LT bound for Wichita. At 1022LT, the copilot reported his position south of Emporia. At this time, weather conditions were poor with snow falls, drizzle, icing conditions, clouds and mist. The three engine airplane started to lose altitude then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all eight occupants were killed, among them the US football player and trainer Knute Rockne. Crew: Robert Fry, captain, Jesse Mathias, copilot. Passengers: Knute Kenneth Rockne, H. J. Christiansen, J. H. Hooper, W. B. Miller, F. Goldthwaite, C. A. Lobrech.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC999E, MSN 1063, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.2720°, -96.5353°.