- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 01, 1938 |
Time: | 21:30 |
Location: | Near Wawona, Cailifornia |
Operator: | Trans Continental and Western Air |
Flight #: | 8 |
Route: | San Francisco - Winslow, AZ, Burbank, CA |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-2-112 |
Registration: | NC13789 |
cn / ln: | 1299 |
Aboard: | 9 (passengers:6 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 9 (passengers:6 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed into the high Sierra after encountering a severe weather front while en route. The pilot radioed that ice was forming on the DC-2's wings as it neared the Tehachapi Mountains near Bakersfield and that he was turning back towards the north to land at Fresno. The aircraft sheared off the tops of pine trees and crashed 200 feet below a summit. The wreckage was not found until 6/12/38. |
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