Oklahoma City – Fort Worth

On April 27, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Oklahoma City – Fort Worth experienced a crash involving Lockheed 5 Vega, operated by Texas Worth Tool Company, with the event recorded near Alvord Texas.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 75.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Oklahoma City to Fort Worth, the pilot encountered poor weather condition with thunderstorm activity. While cruising at low altitude, the engine failed. The pilot lost control of the airplane that crashed in a pasture located about 8 km north of Alvord. A passenger was injured and all three occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC194E, MSN 25, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.3542°, -97.6945°.