Port Aransas – Kansas City

On July 10, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Port Aransas – Kansas City experienced a crash involving Lockheed 5 Vega, operated by Cross Airways, with the event recorded near Aransas Pass Texas.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Few minutes after takeoff from Port Aransas Airport, while climbing to a height of 4,000 feet, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in an open field located in Aransas Pass, some 10 miles northwest of Port Aransas Airport. All five occupants were killed. They were returning to Kansas City following a fishing trip. There was an explosion aboard according to those who saw the accident. The plane did not catch fire, however. Persons who viewed the accident expressed the opinion that lightning struck the plane while flying high, as the aircraft seems to lose a wing before diving into the ground. Crew: Gene Gabbert. Passengers: Murat Boyle, Raymond Watson, Eugene Lynn, Roy Dellano.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC394H, MSN 87, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 27.9097°, -97.1504°.