Estado:	Final
Fecha:	03 MAR 1946
Hora:	08:12 PST
Tipo:	Douglas DC-3-227B
Operador:	American Airlines
Registración:	NC21799
Numéro de série:	2203
Año de Construcción:	1940
Horas Totales de la Célula:	16322
Motores:	2 Wright G-102
Tripulación:	Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3
Pasajeros:	Fatalidades: 22 / Ocupantes: 22
Total:	Fatalidades: 25 / Ocupantes: 25
Daños en la Aeronave:	Anulado
Consecuencias:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Ubicación:	Thing Mountain, CA (Estados Unidos de América)
Fase:	En ruta (ENR)
Naturaleza:	Vuelo Doméstico Programado
Aeropuerto de Salida:	Tucson International Airport, AZ (TUS/KTUS), Estados Unidos de América
Aeropuerto de Llegada:	San Diego (unknown airport), CA, Estados Unidos de América
Número de Vuelo:	6-103

Descripción:
At 05:59 the aircraft departed Tucson for a flight to San Diego. At 07:54 the weather report for San Diego read: indefinite ceiling 1,200 feet, broken clouds; visibility 8 miles. Receipt of this information was acknowledged by Flight 6-103 and immediately thereafter the flight reported that it had been over El Centro, California, at 07:53 at 8,000 feet. Somehow the airplane thereafter descended until it crashed into Thing Mountain at an altitude of approx. 4860 feet.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The action of the pilot in descending or permitting a descent to be made, into instrument conditions to an altitude below that required to maintain clearance over Thing Mountain. The reason for this descent has not been determined."

Fuentes:
» CAB File No. 323-46
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