Frankfurt - Georgetown - Recife - Oklahoma City

On January 14, 1976 at 06:35 PM, Frankfurt - Georgetown - Recife - Oklahoma City experienced a crash involving Rockwell Sabreliner 40, operated by Federal Aviation Administration - FAA, with the event recorded near Recife Pernambuco.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 33.3%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While descending to Recife-Guararapes Airport, both engines failed simultaneously. The captain reduced his altitude and ditched the airplane few dozen km offshore. Two crew members were rescued while the third drowned. The aircraft sank into the Atlantic Ocean and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration N85, MSN 282-97, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -8.1519°, -34.9120°.