| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 22, 1934 |
| Time: | 0252 |
| Location: | Sunbright, Tennessee |
| Operator: | American Airlines |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Louisville, KY - Nashville, TN |
| AC Type: | Lockheed Orion 9D |
| Registration: | NC12286 |
| cn / ln: | 198 |
| Aboard: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed into Big Pilot mountain, 50 feet from the top of the summit, four miles from Sunbright, in poor visibility. The battery-generator system failed, thus causing an error in the ship's compass and probably affecting other essential navigation instruments. |
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