Wichita – Amarillo

On January 14, 1932 at 05:00 AM, Wichita – Amarillo experienced a crash involving Northrop Alpha 4, operated by Transcontinental %26 Western Air - TWA, with the event recorded near Mobeetie Texas.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 technical failure. En route from Wichita to Amarillo on a night cargo flight, weather conditions deteriorated and the pilot got lost. Due to fuel exhaustion, he was forced to attempt an emergency landing when the aircraft impacted the embankment of a railway line and crashed, bursting into flames. The pilot escaped uninjured.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC942Y, MSN 6, year of manufacture 1931.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.5258°, -100.4418°.