ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335717
| Date: | Tuesday 4 December 1951 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47D (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 45-931 |
| MSN: | 34193/16934 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | San Gabriel Mountains, CA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA (SBD/KSBD) |
| Long Beach Airport, CA (LGB/KLGB) |
The Douglas C-47D departed San Bernardino-Norton AFB, CA in marginal VFR conditions at 1930 hours local time on a flight to Long Beach, CA.
Approximately fifteen minutes later the aircraft crashed in the rugged San Gabriel Mountains many miles from the intended flight path.
Sources:
aircraftwrecks.com
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