Salt Lake City - Waupaca

On July 23, 1992 at 03:15 PM, Salt Lake City - Waupaca experienced a crash involving Rockwell Aero Commander 560, operated by McLaughlin Construction Company, with the event recorded near Manville Wyoming.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 4 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: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. During a cross country business flight, which was filed and flown under instrument flight rules, the pilot and controller had numerous communications regarding routing and weather, and the aircraft was circumnavigating weather areas. The pilot reported entering what his stormscope showed as a 'clear' area after encountering rain and moderate turbulence at temperatures conducive to structural icing. The controller noted a 1,000 foot loss of altitude from the assigned cruise altitude of 17,000 feet, followed by a loss of altitude readout. Shortly thereafter the aircraft disappeared from the controller's radar scope. The wreckage was found near the last radar fix. The airplane impacted in a near vertical descent. All four occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N560CM, MSN 560-1311-61, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 42.7791°, -104.6177°.