N6243B

On March 7, 1968 at 05:23 PM, N6243B experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 680, operated by Rexall Drug and Chemical Corporation, with the event recorded near Lake Hughes California.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. While completing a regional executive flight, the pilot encountered technical problems en route and elected to make an emergency landing. While flying over mountainous terrain, he attempted a wheels-up landing on a hillside when the airplane crashed. The burned wreckage was found a day later and the pilote, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N6243B.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.6720°, -118.4371°.