- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 23, 1968 |
Time: | 1959 |
Location: | Santa Ana, California |
Operator: | Cable Commuter |
Flight #: | 544 |
Route: | Los Angeles - Santa Ana |
AC Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 |
Registration: | N7666 |
cn / ln: | 148 |
Aboard: | 9 (passengers:7 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 9 (passengers:7 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | While on approach to the airport, in dense fog, the aircraft descended prematurely and its left wing clipped a 30 ft. light pole on the grounds of a fire station 1.8 miles northwest of the runway threshold. The plane then veered into the adjacent elevated western embankment of a freeway and broke up, spewing flaming wreckage across all six traffic lanes. Improper IFR operation. Misjudged altitude. |
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