TWA Flight 6
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Transcontinental & Western Air | |
| Registration | NC13785 |
|---|---|
| Flight origin | Los Angeles, California |
| 1st stopover | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 2nd stopover | Kansas City, Missouri (not reached; additional stopovers omitted) |
| Destination | Newark, New Jersey |
| Passengers | 11 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Injuries | 8 |
| Survivors | 8 |
TWA Flight 6 was a
Transcontinental & Western Air Douglas DC-2, on a route from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, that crashed near Atlanta, Missouri, on May 6, 1935, killing five of the thirteen people on board, including Senator Bronson M. Cutting of New Mexico.[1] The airliner crashed when its wingtip hit the ground as it flew under a low cloud ceiling
at very low level, over dark, fog-shrouded country, while its pilots were trying desperately to reach a nearby emergency landing field before their fuel ran out.
Investigators from the
Civil Aeronautics Authority
.
References
- ^ Davies, Ross & Wallace 2017, p. 166.
Bibliography
- Davies, John; Ross, Alastair; Wallace, Brendan (2017). Safety Management: A Qualitative Systems Approach. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-351-98874-2.
Further reading
- Komons, Nick A. (1973). The Cutting Air Crash: A Case Study in Early Federal Aviation Policy. Washington, D.C.: Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Management Systems, Agency Historical Staff. OCLC 674254.
- Komons, Nick A. (1978). Bonfires to Beacons: Federal Civil Aviation Policy under the Air Commerce Act, 1926–1938. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration. OCLC 3832134.
- U.S. Department of Commerce. Bureau of Air Commerce (July 15, 1935). "Scheduled Air Line Accident Report". Air Commerce Bulletin. Vol. 7, no. 1. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. pp. 12–18. . (Includes, in addition to the Bureau's accident report, a public statement on the accident by the Secretary of Commerce and two related memoranda by the Director of Air Commerce.)
- Safety in Air: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1936–1937. )
- Safety in the Air: 74th Congress, 2d Session, Report No. 2455. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. June 15, 1936. )
External links
- Aviation Safety network report
- Bureau of Air Commerce documents:
- 1935-05-06 (PDF) - Statement by Secretary Roper
- 1935-05-06 (PDF) - Memorandum of the Secretary
- 1935-05-06 (PDF) - Statement of Probable Cause