Northrop Alpha 4 crash, Jan 14, 1932, Mobeetie Texas
Northrop Alpha 4 accident on January 14, 1932 near Mobeetie Texas, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion after the pilot became lost...
- Date: January 14, 1932
- Aircraft: Northrop Alpha 4
- Location: Mobeetie Texas, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion after the pilot became lost in bad weather.
On a night cargo flight from Wichita to Amarillo, the pilot became lost as the weather deteriorated. The aircraft ran out of fuel and struck a railway embankment during an emergency landing and burst into flames, and the pilot escaped uninjured.