ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342506
| Date: | Sunday 23 February 1930 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Fokker F.10A |
| Owner/operator: | Western Air Express |
| Registration: | NC279E |
| MSN: | 1011 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1929 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 25 km NE of San Bernardino, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Albuquerque-West Mesa Airport, NM |
| Los Angeles Municipal Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
The aircraft impacted Shay Mountain near San Bernardino, California, killing both pilots and a steward. There was a snow storm in the area at the time of the accident.
The wreckage was located after twelve days.
Sources:
TWA Skyliner Magazine, 1988-08-15
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