Tulsa - Kansas City

On March 1, 1974 at 02:20 AM, Tulsa - Kansas City experienced a crash involving Beechcraft G18S, operated by Great Western Airlines, with the event recorded near Fort Scott Kansas.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route on a night cargo flight from Tulsa to Kansas City, the pilot contacted ATC and declared an emergency after the right engine failed in flight. He reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing when the left engine lost power. The aircraft eventually hit trees and crashed in flames in a prairie. The pilot was seriously injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N123A, MSN BA-465, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.8400°, -94.7083°.