ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 337148
| Date: | Wednesday 13 November 1946 |
| Time: | 03:41 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-3A |
| Owner/operator: | Western Air Lines |
| Registration: | NC18645 |
| MSN: | 11662 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6229 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 22,5 km S of Lebec, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas McCarran Field, NV (LSV/KLSV) |
| Hollywood-Lockheed Air Terminal, CA (BUR/KBUR) | |
| Investigating agency: | CAB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight departed Las Vegas for Burbank at 01:50 on an instrument flight plan to cruise at 10.000 feet. Near Burbank the flight deviated off airways and the let down was started over mountainous terrain. While descending through 5900 feet, the DC-3 flew into the northern slope of White Mountain approximately 75 feet from the crest, 10 miles west of the airway.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the action of the pilot in making an instrument letdown without previously establishing a positive radio fix. This action was aggravated by conditions of severe static, wind in excess of anticipated velocities, preoccupation with an unusual amount of radio conversation, and the inoperative Newhall radio range."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
CAB File No. 5413-46
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