ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341156
| Date: | Thursday 21 January 1943 |
| Time: | 07:30 |
| Type: |  Martin M-130 |
| Owner/operator: | Pan American Airways (Pan Am) |
| Registration: | NC14715 |
| MSN: | 557 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1934 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 14628 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S2A5G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 11 km SSW of Ukiah, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Honolulu (unknown airport), HI |
| San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed into a mountain at an elevation of about 2,500 feet. Weather was poor . The aircraft, flying in a northerly direction, had descended into mountainous terrain at a 10-degree angle, clipped trees, struck the ground, broke up and burned.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Failure of the captain to determine his position accurately before descending to a dangerously low altitude under extremely poor weather conditions during the hours of darkness."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 1413-43
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