Douglas DC-6B N93131
17 December 1963 · Los Angeles, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 17 December 1963 at about 23:41 local time, a Douglas DC-6B registered N93131, operated by Western Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Los Angeles, California, United States. 46 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 23:41
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Los Angeles Intl
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-6B
- Registration
- N93131
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 4
- Operator
- Western Air Lines, Inc.
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 1-0016
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
PLT FAILED TO MAINTAIN POSITIVE RATE OF CLIMB, RETRACTED GR PREMATURELY.NO.2 PROP SEPARATED.LND OK.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-6B accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Feb 1963 | Douglas DC-6B | Mt.hamilton, California, United States | Western Air Lines, Inc. | Serious injuries | - |
| 31 May 1963 | Douglas DC-6B | Wildwood, New Jersey, United States | United States Overseas Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 1962 | Douglas DC-6B | Buffalo, New York, United States | American Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 6 Feb 1964 | Douglas DC-6B | Santiago Chile, South America | Other-Foreign Flag Carrier | Fatal | 87 |
| 5 Jun 1964 | Douglas DC-6B | Flushing, New York, United States | Northeast Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 1964 | Douglas DC-6B | Rochester N Y, New York, United States | United Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jan 1963 | Douglas DC-7 | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 1 |
| 29 Jan 1963 | Vickers 810 | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Continental Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 8 |
| 3 Feb 1963 | Lockheed 1049H | San Francisco, California, United States | Slick Airways, Inc. | Fatal | 4 |
| 16 Feb 1963 | Curtiss-Wrt C-46F | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Zantop Air Transport | Serious injuries | - |
| 17 Jan 1963 | Fairchild F-27 | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | West Coast Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 3 |
| 12 Feb 1963 | Boeing 720B | Miami, Florida, United States | Northwest Airlines, Inc. | Fatal | 43 |