Los Angeles – Albuquerque – Kansas City – New York

On May 6, 1935 at 03:30 AM, Los Angeles – Albuquerque – Kansas City – New York experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-2, operated by Transcontinental %26 Western Air - TWA, with the event recorded near Atlanta Missouri.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 45.5%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While cruising ten kilometres west from Macon, Missouri, in bad weather conditions, pilots elected to contact the base in Kansas City without any success. In low visibility due to fog, crew was unable to locate his position and eventually elected to make an emergency landing in an open field. But the aircraft hit the ground and crashed. Senator of New Mexico Bronson M. Cutting was killed with two other passengers and both pilots.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC13785, MSN 1295, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.8990°, -92.4793°.