| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | martes 21 noviembre 1961 |
| Tipo: |  Convair C-131E (CV-440) |
| Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registración: | 55-4750 |
| Numéro de série: | 337 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1956 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 12 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Oklahoma City, OK ( Estados Unidos de América)
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| Fase: | Aterrizaje (LDG) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Bellevue-Offutt AFB, NE (OFF/KOFF), Estados Unidos de América |
| Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK/KTIK), Estados Unidos de América |
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.
Fuentes:
» Youngstown Vindicator 22 Novembwe 1961, p5Fotos
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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