Normandy, Missouri, United States 38°43′07″N90°18′30″W / 38.71861°N 90.30833°W / 38.71861; -90.30833
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Fairchild-Hiller FH-227
Operator
Ozark Air Lines
Registration
N4215
Flight origin
Nashville International Airport, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
1st stopover
Clarksville-Montgomery County Regional Airport, Clarksville, Tennessee, United States
2nd stopover
Barkley Regional Airport, Paducah, Kentucky, United States
3rd stopover
Cape Girardeau Airport, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
Last stopover
Williamson County Regional Airport, Marion, Illinois, United States
Destination
St. Louis Lambert International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Passengers
41
Crew
3
Fatalities
38
Injuries
6
Survivors
6
Ozark Air Lines Flight 809 was a regularly scheduled flight from Nashville, Tennessee, to St. Louis, Missouri, with four intermediate stops. On July 23, 1973, while landing at St. Louis International Airport, it crashed, killing 38 of the 44 persons aboard. A severe downdraft, associated with a nearby thunderstorm, was cited as the cause.[1]
^"Aircraft Accident Report: Ozark Air Lines, Inc., Fairchild Hiller FH-227B, N4215, Near the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, St. Louis, Missouri, July 23, 1973" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1974-04-24. Retrieved 2023-07-19. - Copy at Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University.
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