Airplane Crash - Kansas City, Missouri 01/29/1963
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Kansas City, Missouri
| Date | 01/29/1963 |
| Time | 22:44 |
| Location | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Operator | Continental Airlines |
| Flight # | 290 |
| Route | Midland, TX - Kansas City, MO |
| Type | Vickers Viscount 812 |
| Registration | N242V |
| Cn/In | 356 |
| Aboard | 8 |
| Fatalities | 8 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | While making a straight in approach, the aircraft continued flying over the runway to the south end and while at a height of 90 feet, suddenly pitched down and struck the ground. Icing of the horizontal stabilizer which led to loss of pitch control. |
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