Lawton - Tulsa - Kansas City

On July 2, 1975 at 04:00 AM, Lawton - Tulsa - Kansas City experienced a crash involving Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor, operated by Southern Aviation - USA, with the event recorded near Tulsa Oklahoma.

The flight was categorized as cargo 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.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Just after liftoff from Tulsa Airport, while on a night cargo flight from Lawton to Kansas City, the left engine failed. As the crew was unable to feather the propeller due to congealed oil, the airplane stalled, struck power cables and crashed in a huge explosion. The aircraft was totally destroyed and both occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N9911Z, MSN AF-476, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.1563°, -95.9928°.