Midland - Denver

On January 4, 1974 at 07:24 PM, Midland - Denver experienced a crash involving Rockwell Sabreliner 40, operated by Midwest Oil Corporation, with the event recorded near Midland Texas.

The flight was categorized as positioning and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from Midland Airport, while in initial climb by night, the airplane entered a nose-down attitude then crashed in a huge explosion few miles from the airfield. The airplane disintegrated on impact and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N34W, MSN 282-47, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 31.8369°, -102.0104°.