ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 342249
| Date: | Monday 16 May 1938 |
| Time: | 14:07 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 14-H2 Super Electra |
| Owner/operator: | Northwest Airlines |
| Registration: | NC17394 |
| MSN: | 1439 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1938 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Saugus, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Burbank Airport, CA (BUR/KBUR) |
| Las Vegas McCarran Field, NV (LSV/KLSV) |
Struck Stroh Peak at 3,300 feet in Mint Canyon, 27 minutes after taking off from Burbank Airport for Las Vegas and on the way to Saint Paul. The brand new Lockheed was on its delivery flight from Burbank to its new owners, Northwest Airlines.
Vice-president of Northwest Frederick Whittlemore (42), was among those killed in the accident.
Flying in foggy conditions it struck the first of a series of ridges and bounced off two others, disintegrating on the way, before coming to rest and burning out on a hill called Stroh Peak.
Sources:
1938 Lockheed Electra Crash in Mint Canyon
The Lockheed Twins / P.J. Marsden
Images:
photo (c) K. Pfalzgraf; near Saugus, CA; 18 February 2008
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