We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
The pilot was performing a night mail flight from Kansas City to Chicago. While approaching Columbia, he encountered icing conditions and decided to make an emergency landing. The airplane went out of control and crashed in a open field near a road. The pilot, sole on board, was killed. Probable cause (official findings): It is the opinion of the Accident Board that the probable cause of this accident was unexpected icing conditions which made proper handling of the aircraft impossible.
Lockheed 5 Vega · 1 fatalities