Date:	Monday 8 March 1948
Time:	18:00
Type:	Douglas C-47A-50-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Eagle Air Freight
Registration:	NC64722
MSN:	10052
Year of manufacture:	1943
Total airframe hrs:	3534 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near San Jose, CA -   United States of America
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Ferry/positioning
Departure airport:	Seattle (unknown airport), WA
Destination airport:	San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO)
Investigating agency:	CAB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The DC-3 crashed into a canyon on the west side of Mount Hamilton at an altitude of 1800 feet. Weather at the destination was not too good: 700 feet ceiling and 3 miles visibility.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the flight's deviation from its clearance and from approved instrument procedure."

Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 47)
CAB File No. 1-0056

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