Oklahoma City – Kelly

On April 30, 1945 at 10:26 AM, Oklahoma City – Kelly experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-60 LodeStar, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Oklahoma City Oklahoma.

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

14 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 35.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 11, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from runway 03, while in initial climb at a height of 30 feet, the right engine lost power. In the mean time, undercarriage was retracted. The speed decreased, the aircraft banked left and eventually crashed in a field located half a mile from the airport. Five passengers were killed while nine other occupants were injured. The aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 42-32182, MSN 18-2202, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.5023°, -97.5319°.