- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 27, 1930
Time: 1730
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Operator: Central Airlines (Universal Aviation Corporation)
Flight #: ?
Route: Wichita - Kansas City, KS
AC Type: Travel Air A6000A
Registration: ?
cn / ln: 963
Aboard: 5   (passengers:4  crew:1)
Fatalities: 5   (passengers:4  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: While preparing to land, the plane side slipped and dived into the ground from a height of 500 ft. and caught fire. As quickly as the bodies were removed, a hastily mustered crew of pilots and mechanics from Universal Airlines and Central Airlines, began removing all evidence of the accident, savagely fighting off reporters and photographers as they worked.
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