American Airlines Flight 1 (1936)

American Airways Flight 1 was a Douglas DC-2 airliner on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Memphis to Little Rock. On Tuesday, January 14, 1936, the flight crashed into a swamp near Goodwin, Arkansas, disintegrating on impact and killing all 17 people on board. "With great difficulty the bodies of the victims were brought out of the marsh where their bodies were found scattered among fragments of the shattered plane."[1] At the time, it was the worst civil plane crash on U.S. soil.[2][3] As of 2016, it remains the deadliest crash in Arkansas state history. In 2020, a group of students attempted to find a result into how American Airlines flight 1 crashed. Months later, the case was closed with no answers, only one cause is to be fuel starvation in the aircraft.

For other flights with this number, see Flight 1.
American Airways Flight 1
A Douglas DC-2 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
DateJanuary 14, 1936 (1936-01-14)
SummaryUndetermined
SiteNear Goodwin, Arkansas, United States
34°56′17″N 91°01′15″W
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-2-120
OperatorAmerican Airways
RegistrationNC14274
Flight originMemphis Municipal Airport, Memphis, Tennessee
DestinationLittle Rock National Airport, Little Rock, Arkansas
Passengers14
Crew3
Fatalities17
Survivors0

Cause

A cause for the crash could not be determined, in 2021, a group of students believed that fuel starvation played a major role in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1. However, this theory is not proven. [4]

References
  1. Pickard, Edward W., "Seventeen Persons Die in Airplane Crash", Current Events in Review, Western Newspaper Union, The Perkins Journal, Perkins, Payne County, Oklahoma, Thursday 30 January 1936, Volume XLVI, Number 17, page 2.
  2. "Aviation Safety Network".
  3. "Plane Crash Info.com".
  4. "Plane Crash Info.com".
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