Amarillo – Albuquerque

On August 29, 1933 at 01:00 AM, Amarillo – Albuquerque experienced a crash involving Ford 5, operated by Transcontinental %26 Western Air - TWA, with the event recorded near Mt Mesa New Mexico.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 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: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While on a night flight from Amarillo to Albuquerque, weather conditions deteriorated with thunderstorm activity. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed on the the south slope of Mt Mesa, south of Tucumcari. All five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC9607, MSN 5-AT-005, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.9842°, -104.6778°.