Monterey - Norton

On January 9, 1955 at 12:00 AM, Monterey - Norton experienced a crash involving Beechcraft AT-7 Navigator, operated by United States Navy - USN, with the event recorded near Mt Cajon California.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft was completing a flight from Monterey to Norton AFB in San Bernardino, carrying a crew of two and a sailor passenger, fireman of the USS Badoeng Strait. While cruising by night at an altitude of 5,000 feet, the airplane hit the slope of Mt Cajon located south of Cajon Pass. The wreckage was found four days later, on January 13. The aircraft was destroyed and all three occupants have been killed. Crew: Lt Marshall Hand, pilot, Lt Lasley K. Lacewell Jr., copilot. Passenger: Haskel Lewis Reichbach.

Aircraft reference details include registration 67260, MSN 5091, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 32.7984°, -116.9867°.