Kansas City – Chicago

On December 8, 1934 at 05:20 AM, Kansas City – Chicago experienced a crash involving Lockheed 5 Vega, operated by Braniff Airways, with the event recorded near Columbia Missouri.

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, 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. The pilot was performing a night mail flight from Kansas City to Chicago. While approaching Columbia, he encountered icing conditions and decided to make an emergency landing. The airplane went out of control and crashed in a open field near a road. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC106W, MSN 123, year of manufacture 1930.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.9519°, -92.3337°.