Hagerstown - Pueblo - Las Vegas

On March 29, 1974 at 01:22 PM, Hagerstown - Pueblo - Las Vegas experienced a crash involving Cessna 421A Golden Eagle I, operated by Electro-Enterprises, with the event recorded near Bunker Missouri.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight 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: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On the leg from Hagerstown to Pueblo, the crew encountered very bad weather conditions with thunderstorm activity, turbulences and icing. Control was lost and the airplane entered a dive during which elevators and stabilizers detached. The airplane then crashed in the Clark National Forest and was destroyed on impact. All five occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N3139K, MSN 421A-0116, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.4556°, -91.2096°.