Oklahoma City - Olathe

On January 31, 1975 at 01:36 PM, Oklahoma City - Olathe experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 680, operated by Dale Electronic, with the event recorded near Olathe Kansas.

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.

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 human factor. The approach to Olathe-Johnson County Airport was completed in poor weather conditions due to fog and low clouds. When the pilot passed below the clouds, the airplane was at an altitude of 400 feet just over the runway end. control was lost and the airplane crashed by the runway and was destroyed. The pilot, sole on board, was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N399T, MSN 680-1532-2, year of manufacture 1965.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.8839°, -94.8189°.