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| This
diagram from the crash report shows the route of the short
flight. "Chicasha (sic) Highway" is todays Meridian Avenue. |
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| When
the airplane took off, the engines were producing barely enough thrust
to keep the bird flying. The pilot attempted to return to the
field, but they hit the ground short and slid into this pond, one-half
mile from the end of the runway. |
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| This aerial shows the pond
prominent in the lower right. Aerial Photograph March 1951 ©
Ace Aerial Photography, Oklahoma City. |
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