Status:	Definitief
Datum:	03 MRT 1946
Tijd:	08:12 PST
Type:	Douglas DC-3-227B
Luchtvaartmaatschappij:	American Airlines
Registratie:	NC21799
Constructienummer:	2203
Bouwjaar:	1940
Aantal vlieguren:	16322
Motoren:	2 Wright G-102
Bemanning:	slachtoffers: 3 / inzittenden: 3
Passagiers:	slachtoffers: 22 / inzittenden: 22
Totaal:	slachtoffers: 25 / inzittenden: 25
Schade:	Afgeschreven
Gevolgen:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Plaats:	Thing Mountain, CA (Verenigde Staten)
Fase:	Kruisvlucht (ENR)
Soort vlucht:	Binnenlandse lijnvlucht
Vliegveld van vertrek:	Tucson International Airport, AZ (TUS/KTUS), Verenigde Staten
Vliegveld van aankomst:	San Diego (unknown airport), CA, Verenigde Staten
Vluchtnummer:	6-103

Beschrijving:
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."

Bronnen:
» CAB File No. 323-46
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