Midland – Lubbock – Wichita Falls – Lawton – Oklahoma City – Tulsa – Kansas City

On January 29, 1963 at 10:44 PM, Midland – Lubbock – Wichita Falls – Lawton – Oklahoma City – Tulsa – Kansas City experienced a crash involving Vickers Viscount, operated by Continental Airlines, with the event recorded near Kansas City Kansas.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Continental Air Lines Flight 290, a Viscount 812, N242V, a regularly flight from Midland, Texas, crashed at the Kansas City Municipal Airport, Kansas City, Missouri, at 2244 c. s. t., January 29, 1963. All the occupants, three crew members and five passengers, received fatal injuries and the aircraft was destroyed by impact and subsequent fire. After making a straight-in approach to land on runway 18, in visual flight conditions, the aircraft continued to fly over the runway in a nose-up attitude without touching down. Near the south end of the runway, from an altitude of approximately 90 feet, the aircraft nosed over sharply, wings level, and dived into the ground. The main wreckage came to rest 680 feet beyond the end of the runway.

Aircraft reference details include registration N242V, MSN 356, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.1135°, -94.6265°.