San Angelo – San Antonio

On January 20, 1933 at 02:00 AM, San Angelo – San Antonio experienced a crash involving Stearman 4, operated by American Airways, with the event recorded near Boerne Texas.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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 human factor. The pilot, sole on board, departed San Angelo on a night mail flight to San Antonio. En route, he encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions when the airplane impacted the slope of a mountain near Boerne. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC11721, MSN 4039, year of manufacture 1931.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.7947°, -98.7320°.