Dallas - Kansas City

On July 1, 1968 at 05:12 PM, Dallas - Kansas City experienced a crash involving Rockwell 1121 Jet Commander, operated by Kansas City Life Insurance Company, with the event recorded near Fayetteville-Drake Arkansas.

The flight was categorized as executive/corporate/business and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 12.5%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While cruising at an altitude of 41,000 feet on an executive flight from Dallas to Kansas City, the crew encountered icing conditions when both engines failed almost simultaneously. The crew declared an emergency, started a rapid descent and was cleared to divert to Fayetteville-Drake Airport. On final, the airplane stalled and crashed in a field short of runway. A passenger was killed while seven other occupants were injured, some of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration N196KC, MSN 1121-068, year of manufacture 1966.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.0043°, -94.1689°.