Texas International Airlines Flight 655 information
1973 plane crash in Arkansas, United States
Texas International Airlines Flight 655
A Convair CV-600 similar to the accident aircraft
Accident
Date
September 27, 1973 (1973-09-27)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error in inclement weather
Site
Black Fork Mountain, Arkansas, United States 34°42′05″N94°20′00″W / 34.70139°N 94.33333°W / 34.70139; -94.33333
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Convair 600
Operator
Texas International Airlines
Registration
N94230
Flight origin
Memphis International Airport
1st stopover
Grider Field
2nd stopover
Goodwin Field
Last stopover
Texarkana Municipal Airport
Destination
Dallas Love Field
Passengers
8
Crew
3
Fatalities
11
Injuries
0
Survivors
0
Texas International Airlines Flight 655, registration N94230, was a Convair 600 turboprop aircraft en route from El Dorado to Texarkana, Arkansas, crashing into Black Fork Mountain, Arkansas, on the night of September 27, 1973. The eight passengers and three crewmembers on board were killed.[1][2]
^"Texas International Airlines, Inc., CV-600, N94230, Mena, Arkansas, September 27, 1973" (PDF). National Transportation Safety Board. 1974-04-07. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
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