Brownsville - Springfield

On November 20, 1978 at 08:00 PM, Brownsville - Springfield experienced a crash involving Beechcraft H18, operated by Larry Johnson Air Services, with the event recorded near Brownsville-South Padre Island Texas.

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

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

Few minutes after a night takeoff from Brownsville Airport, while climbing in marginal weather conditions, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in flames three miles from the airfield. The pilot, sole on board, was killed. He was en route to Springfield, Missouri, on a cargo flight.

Aircraft reference details include registration N204CC, MSN BA-733, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 25.9425°, -97.4277°.