ASN Aircraft accident Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor NC9689 Oceanside, CA
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Date:Sunday 19 January 1930
Time:18:23
Type:Silhouette image of generic TRIM model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor
Operator:Maddux Airlines
Registration: NC9689
MSN: 5-AT-046
First flight: 1929-05-28 (8 months)
Engines: 3 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
Crew:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14
Total:Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Oceanside, CA (   United States of America)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Tijuana-Agua Caliente Airport, Mexico
Destination airport:Los Angeles-Grand Central Terminal, CA, United States of America
Narrative:
The Ford 5-AT-C Tri-Motor was destroyed by fire after it impacted the ground near Oceanside, California in poor weather conditions. The aircraft had departed Agua Caliente, Mexico at 17:30 hours. The flight ran into blinding rain from a sudden squall that had blown in from the Pacific. The aircraft suddenly lost altitude and the left wing tip touched the ground, throwing the plane on its nose.

Probable Cause:

The T.A.T.-Maddux technical board of inquiry stated that the accident was the result of "a local weather condition of unpredicted and unforeseen characteristics."

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Ground

Sources:
» The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins
» Disaster in the Air / By Edgar A. Haine, 2000


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Distance from Tijuana-Agua Caliente Airport to Los Angeles-Grand Central Terminal, CA as the crow flies is 218 km (136 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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