Convair CV-240 crash, Jan 6, 1957 (1 killed), Tulsa Oklahoma
Convair CV-240 accident on January 6, 1957 near Tulsa Oklahoma, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The captain's lack of alertness let the first...
- Date: January 6, 1957
- Aircraft: Convair CV-240
- Location: Tulsa Oklahoma, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's lack of alertness let the first officer continue an instrument descent to an altitude too low for terrain clearance.
American Airlines Flight 327, a Convair CV-240 flying from Providence to Tulsa with intermediate stops, crashed while descending toward Tulsa Municipal Airport in dense clouds and fog on January 6, 1957. One of the ten people aboard died, and the aircraft was written off.