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Golden West Airlines Flight 261, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, [1] [2] collided with a Cessna 150 (N11421), owned by CessnAir Aviation, Inc., near Whittier, California. The accident occurred on January 9, 1975, at approximately 4:07 p.m. PST, while the Sun was just 9 degrees above the western horizon, directly into the eyes of the ...
1971 Los Angeles County mid-air collision The wreckage of the DC-9 at its crash site Accident Date June 6, 1971 (1971-06-06) 18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT Summary Mid-air collision Site San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, United States Total fatalities 50 Total survivors 1 First aircraft N9345, the Hughes Airwest DC-9-31 involved in the collision Type McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 ...
The Kalinin K-4 was an airliner built in the Soviet Union in the late 1920s which was also adapted for use as a photographic survey aircraft and as an air ambulance. A further development of the K-1 , it was a conventional high-wing, strut-braced monoplane with separate enclosed cabin and cockpit.
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Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashed near San Ramon, California, on May 7, 1964, after a passenger shot the flight crew and killed himself, causing the plane to crash and kill all 44 on board. [34] Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the Pacific Ocean while en route to Hawaii on November 8, 1957, killing all 44 on board. The reason for the crash was ...
A preliminary report on the crash is expected in three to four weeks, the NTSB said. The NTSB investigated 20 fatal plane crashes in California last year, all involving small aircraft. In one ...
— Aug. 27, 2016 — A pilot from Alaska was killed when his 450 Stearman biplane, a World War II-era plane often used for military training, crashed during the Airshow of the Cascades in Madras ...
1978 San Diego mid air collision, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk N7711G and a PSA 727-214 N533PS collided over San Diego on September 25 1978 killing over 135 passengers on the 727 and 2 on the Cessna, 7 were killed on ground making it 144 deaths. and injuring 9 on ground. 727 crashed at 9:02:04.5 PST