| Date: | January 12, 1937 |
| Location: | Newhall, California |
| Aircraft: | Boeing 247B |
| Reg: | NC13315 |
| Airline: | Western Air Express |
| Flight No: | 7 |
| Fatalities: | 13 : 5 |
| The aircraft crashed into Pinetos Peak, 4 miles southeast of Newhall while attempting to land at Burbank Airport in fog and rain. The pilot descended to a dangerously low altitude without positive knowledge of his position. African explorer, Martin Johnson, 52, killed. Johnson suffered a fractured skull in the crash and died the next day in a hospital. |