Douglas DC-6B N93123

7 February 1963 · Mt.hamilton, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 7 February 1963 at about 19:23 local time, a Douglas DC-6B registered N93123, operated by Western Air Lines, Inc., was involved in an accident during in flight near Mt.hamilton, California, United States. 38 people were on board and one was seriously injured, 3 had minor injuries. The aircraft was not damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 February 1963 at 19:23
Classification: Accident
Location: Mt.hamilton, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Douglas DC-6B
Registration: N93123
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 4
Operator: Western Air Lines, Inc.
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: None
Weather: VMC
Light: Night (Moonlight-Bright)
NTSB number: 1-0024

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
38	0	1	3	34

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

ABRUPT PULL UP TO AVOID COLLISION WITH FORMATIONOF 4 MILITARY JET ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 1-0024, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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