Date: | Tuesday 9 February 1937 |
Time: | 20:50 |
Type: | Douglas DC-3A-197 |
Owner/operator: | United Airlines |
Registration: | NC16073 |
MSN: | 1913 |
Year of manufacture: | 1936 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 3 km NE off San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Burbank-Union Air Terminal (BUR/KBUR) |
Destination airport: | San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO/KSFO) |
Investigating agency: | CAB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Crashed into San Francisco Bay while on approach. The co-pilot dropped his microphone which jammed the controls, preventing the pilot from pulling out of the glide. Eight passengers and three crew died.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Accidental jamming of the elevator controls as a result of a microphone being inadvertently dropped and lodging in such a position that the crew was unable to prevent rapid descent of the airplane."
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAB |
Report number: | final report |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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photo (c) SDASM Archives; off San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO); February 1937
photo (c) William W Sierra; off San Francisco Municipal Airport, CA (SFO); February 1937
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