Austin - LBJ Ranch

On February 19, 1961 at 07:40 PM, Austin - LBJ Ranch experienced a crash involving Convair CV-240, operated by Lindon B. Johnson - LBJ, with the event recorded near LBJ Ranch Texas.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was performing a positioning flight from Austin-Bergstrom Airport to LBJ Ranch to pick up Lyndon B. Johnson. vice-president of the United States. En route, the crew was informed about weather conditions at destination with low clouds and low visibility due to rain falls. While approaching the ranch under VFR mode, the pilot was unable to locate the runway due to lack of visibility (night and rain) and decided to return to Austin when the airplane struck the ground and crashed. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N94256, MSN 117, year of manufacture 1948.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 30.2416°, -98.6101°.