Back الخطوط الجوية الجنوبية الرحلة 932 Arabic Полет 932 на „Саутърн Еъруейс“ Bulgarian Vol Southern Airways 932 French טיסה 932 של סאות'רן איירווייז HE Volo Southern Airways 932 Italian Katastrofa lotu Southern Airways 932 Polish Voo Southern Airways 932 Portuguese Катастрофа DC-9 в Хантингтоне Russian
.jpg) A Southern Airways Douglas DC-9 similar to the aircraft involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 14, 1970 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Near Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia, U.S. 38°22′27″N 82°34′42″W / 38.37417°N 82.57833°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-9-31 |
| Operator | Southern Airways |
| Registration | N97S |
| Flight origin | Kinston Regional Jetport, Kinston, North Carolina |
| 1st stopover | Tri-State Airport, Huntington, West Virginia |
| 2nd stopover | Hopkinsville-Christian County Airport, Hopkinsville, Kentucky |
| Last stopover | Alexandria International Airport, Alexandria, Louisiana |
| Destination | Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Occupants | 75 |
| Passengers | 71 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 75 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Southern Airways Flight 932 was a chartered Southern Airways Douglas DC-9 domestic United States commercial jet flight from Stallings Field (ISO) in Kinston, North Carolina, to Huntington Tri-State Airport/Milton J. Ferguson Field (HTS) near Kenova and Ceredo, West Virginia. At 7:36 pm on November 14, 1970, the aircraft crashed into a hill just short of the Tri-State Airport, killing all 75 people on board – 37 members of the Marshall University football team, five coaches, seven staff members, 21 boosters, two pilots, two flight attendants, and a charter coordinator.[1][2] The team was returning home after a 17–14 loss to the East Carolina Pirates at Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.[3] The accident is the deadliest tragedy for any sports team in U.S. history.[4][5][6]
It was the second college football team plane crash in a little over a month, after the October 2 crash that killed 31 – head coach Ben Wilson, 14 Wichita State players, and 16 others.
- ^ Straley, Steven Cody (March 19, 2024). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Marshall University Memorial Fountain" (PDF). West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. p. 34. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ^ "Plane crash devastates Marshall University". History.com. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ Withers, Bob (December 19, 2006). "The story of the 1970 Marshall Plane Crash". The Herald-Dispatch. Archived from the original on December 4, 2010. Retrieved November 15, 2010.
- ^ Prince, Justin (November 16, 2010). "Reporter recalls memories from worst sports- related air tragedy in US history". The Parthenon. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013.
- ^ "Marshall crash still looms after 36 years". Archived from the original on September 13, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2007.
- ^ Wilson, Amy (December 18, 2006). "The night Huntington died". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved December 18, 2006.