Status:	Final
Date:	08 MAR 1948
Time:	ca 18:00
Type:	Douglas C-47A-50-DL
Operator:	Eagle Air Freight
Registration:	NC64722
C/n / msn:	10052
First flight:	1943
Total airframe hrs:	3534
Engines:	2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Airplane damage:	Written off
Airplane fate:	Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:	near San Jose, CA (United States of America)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Seattle (unknown airport), WA, United States of America
Destination airport:	San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO), United States of America

Narrative:
The DC-3 crashed into a canyon on the west side of Mount Hamilton at an altitude of 1800 feet. Weather at the destination was not too good: 700 feet ceiling and 3 miles visibility.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the flight's deviation from its clearance and from approved instrument procedure."

Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 47)
» CAB File No. 1-0056