Accident | |
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Date | October 15, 1943 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to icing |
Site | Centerville, Tennessee 35°47′18″N 87°27′21″W / 35.78833°N 87.45583°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3-178 |
Aircraft name | Flagship Missouri |
Operator | American Airlines |
Registration | NC16008 |
Flight origin | Cleveland, Ohio |
1st stopover | Columbus, Ohio |
2nd stopover | Dayton, Ohio |
3rd stopover | Cincinnati, Ohio |
4th stopover | Louisville, Kentucky |
Last stopover | Nashville, Tennessee |
Destination | Memphis, Tennessee |
Occupants | 11 |
Passengers | 8 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 11 |
Survivors | 0 |
American Airlines Flight 63 was an American Airlines DC-3 nicknamed the Flagship Missouri that crashed on October 15, 1943, near Centerville, Tennessee, after ice formed on its wings and propeller. All eight passengers and three crewmembers died.[1] This was the second fatal crash of an aircraft designated Flight 63, occurring 2+1⁄2 months after the crash of the Flagship Missouri’s sister ship, the Flagship Ohio.