Cleveland – Columbus – Louisville – Nashville – Memphis – Little Rock – Dallas

On December 22, 1934 at 03:45 AM, Cleveland – Columbus – Louisville – Nashville – Memphis – Little Rock – Dallas experienced a crash involving Lockheed 9 Orion, operated by American Airlines, with the event recorded near Sunbright Tennessee.

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 technical failure. Twelve minutes after departure from Louisville Airport, Kentucky, the pilot reported his position to ATC, 32 km southwest from his departure point, flying at 6,000 feet over clouds. Shortly later, the single engine aircraft impacted the slope of a mountain. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC12286, MSN 198, year of manufacture 1933.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.2434°, -84.6699°.