Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JUN 1949 |
| Type: | Douglas R4D-6 |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17279 |
| C/n / msn: | 14479/25924 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 7,5 km (4.7 mls) from Santa Monica, CA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ), United States of America |
| Santa Monica-Clover Field, CA (SMO), United States of America |
Flew into mountainside at Dry Canyon.
Sources:
» US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
» Ellensburg Daily Record - Jun 15, 1949
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA to Santa Monica-Clover Field, CA as the crow flies is 495 km (309 miles).
Distance from Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA to Santa Monica-Clover Field, CA as the crow flies is 495 km (309 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
