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Crash of a Piper PA-46-350P Malibu Mirage in Yoakum: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 17, 2023 at 1036 LT
Registration:
N963MA
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Memphis – Yoakum
MSN:
46-36453
YOM:
2008
Location:
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Following an uneventful flight from Memphis at FL260, the pilot initiated the descent to Yoakum Airport, Texas. On final approach to runway 31, the single engine airplane went out of control and crashed in an open field located about one mile southeast of the airfield. A passenger was able to get out from the cabin and was slightly injured while all four other occupants were killed.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-65-BW Superfortress near Yoakum

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1951
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
44-69896
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
10728
YOM:
1944
Location:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
An engine failed en route, forcing all crew members to bail out and to abandon the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a prairie located about ten miles southwest of Yoakum. All occupants were unhurt while the aircraft was destroyed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.

Crash of a Ford 4 in Yoakum

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NC5809
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4-AT-025
YOM:
1928
Location:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed upon landing for unknown reason. There were no casualties.