Ozark Air Lines Flight 809
A FH227B similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 23 July 1973 |
| Summary | Windshear accident |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Fairchild-Hiller FH-227 |
| Operator | Ozark Air Lines |
| IATA flight No. | OZ809 |
| ICAO flight No. | OZA809 |
| Call sign | OZARK 809 |
| 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.