On September 20 , 1965 a Lockheed Constellation L-1049 '' Super Connie '' ( N9719C ) landing on Ardmore Municipal Airport overshot the wet runway into ditches . The aircraft sustained serious damage , no injuries or fatalities were reported . The aircraft was on a ferry flight . Reed Pigman died on April 22 , 1966 of a heart attack at the controls of a Lockheed Electra ( N183H ) and the resulting crash killed more than 80 military transients that were being flown under a Department of Defense contract charter from an east coast location en route to Fort Ord , California with a service stop and crew change in Ardmore , Oklahoma
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American Flyers Flight 280
American Flyers Airline