Stinson SM-1 Detroiter crash, Nov 19, 1931 (3 killed), Ta...
Stinson SM-1 Detroiter accident on November 19, 1931 near Tai'an Shandong, China with 3 fatalities. Cause: The crew descended below a safe altitude in...
- Date: November 19, 1931
- Aircraft: Stinson SM-1 Detroiter
- Location: Tai'an Shandong, China
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The crew descended below a safe altitude in fog while searching for Wujiapu airport and struck the mountain, and poor communication between the pilots was also a factor.
The Stinson Detroiter mail aircraft of China Airways Federal, flying from Nanjing to Beiping, struck a mountain near Jinan in Shandong on 19 November 1931. All three people on board were killed, including the poet Xu Zhimo.