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.

[6] At the time, Marshall's athletic teams rarely traveled by plane, since most away games were within easy driving distance of the campus.

In light of the crash of the Wichita State football team just over a month earlier, school officials originally planned to cancel the flight.

[3] The controllers advised the crew that "rain, fog, smoke and a ragged ceiling" were at the airport, making landing more difficult, but possible.

The flight data recorder shows that the aircraft descended another 220 ft (67 m) within 12 seconds, and the co-pilot calls out "four hundred" and agrees with the pilot they are on the correct approach.

Although the airport runway has since been lengthened past its original threshold, making historical measurements more difficult, the NTSB official report provides, "the accident occurred during hours of darkness at 38° 22' 27" N. latitude and 82° 34' 42" W.

The report additionally notes, "Most of the fuselage was melted or reduced to a powder-like substance; however, several large pieces were scattered throughout the burned area.

They further stated, "The Board has been unable to determine the reason for this [greater] descent, although the two most likely explanations are (a) improper use of cockpit instrumentation data, or (b) an altimetry system error.

A mass funeral was held at the field house and many of the dead were buried at the Spring Hill Cemetery, some together because bodies were not identifiable.

Because it was the Herd's only charter flight of the season, boosters and prominent citizens were on the plane, including a city councilman, a state legislator, and four physicians.

Dawson and Parker were buying boiled peanuts at a country store in rural Virginia when they heard the news over the radio.

Following its plane crash, Wichita State was granted similar permission to use freshmen on the varsity to resume its 1970 season.

[15] Lengyel was hired to take Tolley's place on March 11, 1971, after Dick Bestwick, the first choice for the job, backed out after just one week and returned to Georgia Tech.

[19] The sculpture's designer, Harry Bertoia, created the $25,000 memorial that incorporated bronze, copper tubing, and welding rods.

A plaque was placed on the base on August 10, 1973,[19] listing the names of all 75 victims and concluding: They shall live on in the hearts of their families and friends forever, and this memorial records their loss to the university and to the community.

The $150,000 bronze 17×23 ft (5×7 m) statue was created by artist Burl Jones of Sissonville, West Virginia, based upon ideas by John and Ann Krieger of Huntington.

[25] The memorial plaque reads (with inaccurate numbers): On Nov. 14, 1970, 75 people died in the worst sports related air tragedy in U.S. history, when a Southern Airways DC-9 crashed into the hillside nearby.

Featured speakers were Chancellor Steve Ballard, Athletic Director Terry Holland, Pirates' broadcaster Jeff Charles, and Marshall president Stephen J. Kopp.

[26] The tribute was repeated for the rest of the season, including when Marshall met Rice in the 2013 Conference USA Football Championship game.