| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 09, 1937 |
| Time: | 2050 |
| Location: | Off San Francisco, California |
| Operator: | United Air Lines |
| Flight #: | 23 |
| Route: | Los Angeles - San Francisco - Oakland |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3A |
| Registration: | NC16073 |
| cn / ln: | 1913 |
| Aboard: | 11 (passengers:9 crew:2) |
| Fatalities: | 11 (passengers:9 crew:2) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed into San Francisco Bay, approximately 2 miles offshore, while on approach. The accidental jamming of the elevator controls as the result of the co-pilot's microphone being inadvertently dropped and lodged between the elevator control column and the seat rail in such a way that the crew was unable to prevent rapid descent of the airplane. First accident involving a DC-3. |
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