Fort Worth - Victoria

On January 18, 1972 at 07:45 AM, Fort Worth - Victoria experienced a crash involving Learjet 25, operated by Tandy Corporation, with the event recorded near Victoria Texas.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. During a non precision approach to Victoria County-Foster Airport, the crew encountered marginal weather conditions with fog. On short final, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck a pole located 1,7 mile short of runway 12L. The aircraft crashed in a field and was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. All nine occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N658TC, MSN 25-044, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.8026°, -96.9766°.