Convair CV-600 crash, Sep 27, 1973 (11 killed), Mt Black...
Convair CV-600 accident on September 27, 1973 near Mt Black Fork Oklahoma, United States with 11 fatalities. Cause: Captain decided to operate under...
- Date: September 27, 1973
- Aircraft: Convair CV-600
- Location: Mt Black Fork Oklahoma, United States
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Captain decided to operate under visual rules at night in instrument conditions, deviated from the preplanned route, and the carrier did not adequately monitor the flight.
Texas International Airlines Flight 655 was flying a night visual flight rules service from El Dorado toward Texarkana in deteriorating weather. The crew lost track of their position and the Convair crashed into a wooded mountain ridge in the Ouachita range, killing all 11 aboard.