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| Date: | Monday 13 June 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas R4D-6 (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 17279 |
| MSN: | 25924/14479 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 7,5 km from Santa Monica, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Mountain View-Moffett Field, CA (NUQ/KNUQ) |
| Santa Monica-Clover Field, CA (SMO/KSMO) |
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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