Détails:
At 05:59 the aircraft departed Tucson for a flight to San Diego. At 07:54 the weather report for San Diego read: indefinite ceiling 1,200 feet, broken clouds; visibility 8 miles. Receipt of this information was acknowledged by Flight 6-103 and immediately thereafter the flight reported that it had been over El Centro, California, at 07:53 at 8,000 feet. Somehow the airplane thereafter descended until it crashed into Thing Mountain at an altitude of approx. 4860 feet.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The action of the pilot in descending or permitting a descent to be made, into instrument conditions to an altitude below that required to maintain clearance over Thing Mountain. The reason for this descent has not been determined."
| Statuts: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | dimanche 3 mars 1946 |
| Heure: | 08:12 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Douglas DC-3-277B |
| Compagnie: | American Airlines |
| Immatriculation: | NC21799 |
| Numéro de série: | 2203 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1940 |
| Heures de vol: | 16322 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Wright R-1820-G102 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / à bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 22 / à bord: 22 |
| Total: | victimes: 25 / à bord: 25 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Thing Mountain, CA ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Tucson International Airport, AZ (TUS/KTUS), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| San Diego (unknown airport), CA, Etats-Unis d'Amérique | |
| Numéro de vol: | 6-103 |
At 05:59 the aircraft departed Tucson for a flight to San Diego. At 07:54 the weather report for San Diego read: indefinite ceiling 1,200 feet, broken clouds; visibility 8 miles. Receipt of this information was acknowledged by Flight 6-103 and immediately thereafter the flight reported that it had been over El Centro, California, at 07:53 at 8,000 feet. Somehow the airplane thereafter descended until it crashed into Thing Mountain at an altitude of approx. 4860 feet.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The action of the pilot in descending or permitting a descent to be made, into instrument conditions to an altitude below that required to maintain clearance over Thing Mountain. The reason for this descent has not been determined."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
» CAB File No. 323-46Photos
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