Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 15 JAN 1974 |
| Time: | 06:00 |
| Type: | North-American-Rockwell Sabreliner 40A |
| Operator: | Kerr-McGee Corp |
| Registration: | N5565 |
| C/n / msn: | 282-119 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Oklahoma City, OK (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Corpus Christi International Airport, TX (CRP/KCRP), United States of America |
| Oklahoma City-Will Rogers Airport, OK (OKC/KOKC), United States of America |
Flew into the ground when it descended below minima during an ILS approach.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
pilot in command - improper ifr operation
FACTOR(S):
miscellaneous acts,conditions - instruments-misread or failed to read
miscellaneous acts,conditions - crew coordination-poor
weather - low ceiling
weather - fog
miscellaneous acts,conditions - pilot fatigue
weather briefing - briefed by weather bureau personnel, in person
weather forecast - forecast substantially correct Sources:
» NTSB
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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 Corpus Christi International Airport, TX to Oklahoma City-Will Rogers Airport, OK as the crow flies is 842 km (526 miles).
Distance from Corpus Christi International Airport, TX to Oklahoma City-Will Rogers Airport, OK as the crow flies is 842 km (526 miles).
