Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City

On March 11, 1979 at 04:10 PM, Oklahoma City - Oklahoma City experienced a crash involving Beechcraft 80 Queen Air, operated by Dale Langley, with the event recorded near New Orleans Louisiana.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The twin engine airplane departed Oklahoma City Airport in the late morning on a local check-out flight. En route, the pilot became lost and disoriented, causing the aircraft to fly to the south for few hours until it went low on fuel. The pilot ditched the airplane off New Orleans. A passenger was slightly injured while two other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N10QH, MSN LD-110, year of manufacture 1963.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.9561°, -90.0734°.