6, 1935, on his way from Albuquerque to Washington, D.C., Cutting died in the crash of TWA Flight 6 (a Douglas DC-3) in bad weather near Atlanta, Missouri. Senator Cutting's death was to have national impact in that it would lead Congress to commission the highly controversial Copeland Committee report on air traffic safety. Dennis Chavez, who had been Cutting's Democratic opponent in 1934, was appointed by the governor to fill Cutting's seat in the Senate. Cutting is interred in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) References Sources Nolan, M.S. (1999). Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control. Pacific Grove, California: Brooks Cole Publishing Company. Further reading Bronson Cutting, politician by G. L. Seligman in Ellis, Richard N., (1971) New Mexico, past and present: a historical reader. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Keleher, William Aloysius, (1969) Memoirs, 1892–1969 : a New Mexico item. Rydal Press: Santa Fe, N.M. Lowitt, Richard (1992) Bronson M. Cutting: Progressive politician University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Walkiewicz, E. P. and Witemeyer, Hugh (eds.) (1995) Ezra Pound and Senator Bronson Cutting: A political correspondence, 1930-1935 University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Biography of U.S. Congress - CUTTING, Bronson Murray, (1888 - 1935) 1888 births 1935 deaths People from Islip (town), New York Bayard family Livingston family Schuyler family Van Cortlandt family Republican Party United States senators from New Mexico New Mexico Republicans 20th-century American politicians Groton School alumni Harvard University alumni American military personnel of World War I Military personnel from New York (state) United States military attachés Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1935 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the United States Accidental deaths in Missouri Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery Cutting family