- | 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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