| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 21 November 1961 |
| Type: |  Convair C-131E (CV-440) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-4750 |
| MSN: | 337 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Oklahoma City, OK ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bellevue-Offutt AFB, NE (OFF/KOFF), United States of America |
| Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK/KTIK), United States of America |
The aircraft came in short of the runway during an instrument landing at night and crash-landed. The twin-engine C-131 plowed through a fence and cracked at mid-fuselage. Propellers and engines were torn loose. Six were injured, one seriously. OCAMA commander Maj Gen Lewis L. Mundell (51) was slightly injured.
Sources:
» Youngstown Vindicator 22 Novembwe 1961, p5Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bellevue-Offutt AFB, NE to Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK as the crow flies is 643 km (402 miles).
Distance from Bellevue-Offutt AFB, NE to Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK as the crow flies is 643 km (402 miles).
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