Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City

On April 21, 1961 at 12:00 AM, Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Federal Aviation Administration - FAA, with the event recorded near Mustang Oklahoma.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Four pilots left Oklahoma City-Will Rogers for a local training flight. While cruising at low height, between 200 and 500 feet, the airplane went into a dive and crashed in a canyon located in Mustang, about six miles west of Will Rogers Airport. The airplane was destroyed and all four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N200, MSN 20400, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.3842°, -97.7245°.