Los Angeles – Kansas City – Chicago

On July 1, 1965 at 05:29 AM, Los Angeles – Kansas City – Chicago experienced a crash involving Boeing 707, 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.

66 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 66 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 60, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The aircraft made a "firm" landing, in heavy rain, about 1,050 feet past the approach end of runway 18. When the crew's efforts to stop the aircraft were ineffective, and the captain was convinced that they were going off the end of the runway, he used differential power and rudder to cock the aircraft to the left. The aircraft slid off the end of the runway, went through the US localizer antenna building, struck a dirt blast mound, slid up over the mound, and came to rest with the nose section in the perimeter road between the blast mound and a river levee. Of the 60 passengers and 6 crew members aboard, three passengers and two crew members received minor injuries. The aircraft received substantial damage although no major fire occurred. The passengers and crew evacuated the aircraft without major difficulty.

Aircraft reference details include registration N70773, MSN 17609, year of manufacture 1959.

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