Saint Louis - Saint Louis

On March 8, 1932 at 02:00 AM, Saint Louis - Saint Louis experienced a crash involving Stinson SM-6000, operated by Century Air Lines, with the event recorded near Saint Louis-Lambert Missouri.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 60.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew (an instructor and four student pilots) was performing night training exercises at Saint Louis-Lambert Airport. On approach, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low. The aircraft collided with a windmill and crashed in a field. Three pilots were killed and two others were seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC11122, MSN 5016, year of manufacture 1931.