Chicago – Kalamazoo

On February 2, 1932 at 01:30 AM, Chicago – Kalamazoo experienced a crash involving Stearman C-3, operated by Transamerican Airlines, with the event recorded near Marcellus Michigan.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. While cruising at night on a mail flight from Chicago to Kalamazoo, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. He decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that entered a dive and crashed in an open field. The pilot was found 17 hours later, seriously injured. He died from his injuries two days later.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC6411, MSN 161, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.0259°, -85.8156°.