ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342371
| Date: | Tuesday 14 January 1936 |
| Time: | 19:32 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-2-120 |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | NC14274 |
| MSN: | 1307 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1934 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: 17 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Goodwin, AR -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Memphis Municipal Airport, TN (MEM/KMEM) |
| Little Rock National Airport, AR (LIT/KLIT) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The DC-2 crashed into swampland near Goodwin, AR. The three crew (Capt Marshall, co-pilot Greenland, stewardess Casparini) and the 14 passengers died. The aircraft broke up in the accident.
The aircraft operated Trip 1, a service from Newark, NJ to Fort Worth, TX. En route stops were planned at Camden, NJ, Washington, DC, Nashville, TN, Memphis, TN, Little Rock, AR and Dallas, TX.
Probable Cause: "Based on the knowledge or information in possession of this agency, it is the opinion of the Bureau of Air Commerce that, although flying at a low altitude may have contributed to the cause of this accident, the probable cause or causes thereof cannot be determined."
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