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From NTSB database: Accident occurred June 1, 1996 at Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA. Aircraft: Fairchild KR-31, registration: N7780, injuries: 2 fatal. Waco QCF, registration N12428, injuries: 2 fatal. History of flight: On June 1, 1996, at 14.12 central daylight time, a Fairchild KR-31, N7780, and a Waco QCF, N12428, were destroyed during a midair collision near Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Private owners were operating the airplanes as Part 91 flights under Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) during the 10th Annual Exposition Fly-In of the National Biplane Association. Both airplanes were on approach to a sod landing area between runway 35 and the taxiway at Bartlesville Municipal Airport (BVO). Neither airplane was in radio contact with the temporary operating control tower. Visual meteorological conditions with 15 mls (24 km) visibility prevailed for the local personal flights and flight plans were not filed. The 2 occupants of the KR-31 (airline transport rated pilot and a pilot rated passenger) sustained fatal injuries. The 2 occupants of the Waco (private pilot and a pilot rated passenger) received fatal injuries. The flights originated from the airport during the Biplane Fly-By that began at 13.30.