On Nov. 11, 1965, the family was aboard United Airlines Flight 227 traveling to Salt Lake City. The crash occurred en route to its next stop, Hong Kong. The plane went out of control in turbulent weather and crashed in a mountain canyon All 6 aboard killed. Members of the U.S. figure skating team, including Laurence Owen … The Dec. 16, 1960, crash of a United jet and a TWA propeller plane was the worst aviation disaster to date, killing 134 people, including 128 people on both planes. The plane had been grounded the night before the crash at Fukuoka in the south of Japan because of bad weather in the Tokyo area. Oklahoma is no stranger to disasters, but it’s normally natural disasters that make national headlines for the Sooner State. The Terrifying, Deadly Plane Crash In Oklahoma That Will Never Be Forgotten. The plane crashed 335 feet from the runway, breaking fuel lines that caused a fire in the plane's cabin. The aircraft made a continuous descent at an average rate of approximately 2,000 feet per minute from 35,000 feet to impact with the water in … It had flown on to the Japanese capital in the morning. On Feb. 15, 1961, the 18-member team was killed in a plane crash in Berg-Kampenhout, Belgium, on their way to Prague. The tragedy devastated the country and the world of figure skating. Passenger shoots both pilots causing the plane to crash, San Ramon, California : 07/31/1964: Country western singer, Jim Reeves killed, Nashville Tennessee: 12/24/1964: Cargo plane strikes simmit after taking off from San Francisco International Airport : 05/20/1965: B707 attempts to land at too steep and fast of an approach : 07/08/1965 The terrible plane crash that devastated U.S. figure skating — and still shapes it today. Captain Bernard Dobson, 45, … Mar 1, 1962 10:09: Johnny Dieckman 35, world fly-casting champion: New York, NY: American Airlines Boeing 707 Flilght 1 N7506A cn: 17633/12: Crashed into Jamacia Bay after the plane experiencing a rudder malfunction. When the plane crash occurred in Park Slope, Brooklyn on December l6, 1960, I was so moved I did first one painting, and then another. The first one was shown in my exhibiton at the Terrain Gallery in 1961, and is on my website now. The plane crashed into Lake Michigan 19.5 miles east of Lake Forest, Illinois during an approach and while descending from FL 350. It was the year Oklahoma beauty queen Jane Jayroe was selected Miss America, Dewey Bartlett became the state's second Republican governor and the war in Vietnam was intensifying.But none was picked as the state's top story in 1966.