- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: January 06, 1957
Time: 0001
Location: Owasso, Oklahoma
Operator: American Airlines
Flight #: 327
Route: Joplin - Owasso
AC Type: Convair CV-240-0
Registration: N94247
cn / ln: 104
Aboard: 10   (passengers:7  crew:3)
Fatalities: 1   (passengers:1  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: Struck trees, hit the ground, and slid 500 ft. after landing short of the runway in rapidly deteriorating condtions. The captain's lack of alertness in allowing the first officer to continue an instrument descent to an altitude too low to permit terrain clearance.
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