ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342308
| Date: | Saturday 3 April 1937 |
| Time: | 15:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3-194B |
| Owner/operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-ALP |
| MSN: | 1938 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1937 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | ca 32 km NW of McNary, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Burbank-Union Air Terminal (BUR/KBUR) |
| New York-North Beach Airport, NY (LGA/KLGA) |
A Douglas DC-3-194B passenger plane was destroyed when it crashed into the side of Mount Baldy, AZ. All eight on board were killed.
The airplane, named "Pluvier", was being delivered to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. It had departed Burbank-Union Air Terminal (BUR) on a flight to North Beach Airport, New York City. From there it would be shipped across the Atlantic Ocean to the Netherlands.
Sources:
Opsomming van de bekende ongevallen en incidenten in 1937 / Herman Dekker
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