American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D
1966 aviation accident / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D was a flight operated on a U.S. Military Air Command contract from Monterey Regional Airport in California to Columbus Airport in Georgia, via Ardmore Municipal Airport, Oklahoma. On April 22, 1966, while approaching Runway 8 at Ardmore, the aircraft overshot the runway and crashed into a hill, bursting into flames.[2] Eighty-three of the 98 passengers and crew on board died as a result of the accident.[3]
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Date | April 22, 1966 |
Summary | Pilot incapacitation |
Site | 2.4 km northeast of Ardmore Municipal Airport, United States 34.3294°N 96.9819°W / 34.3294; -96.9819 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Lockheed L-188C Electra |
Operator | American Flyers Airline |
Registration | N183H[1] |
Flight origin | Monterey Regional Airport |
Stopover | Ardmore Municipal Airport |
Destination | Columbus Airport |
Occupants | 98 |
Passengers | 93 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 83 |
Injuries | 15 |
Survivors | 15 |
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