Douglas DC-3 N15570

Summary

On 18 February 1969 at about 05:10 local time, a Douglas DC-3 registered N15570, operated by Hawthorne Nev*, was involved in an accident during in flight near Lone Pine, California, United States. 35 people were on board and 35 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 February 1969 at 05:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Lone Pine, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Douglas DC-3

Registration

N15570

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Hawthorne Nev*

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

In Flight

Route

Hawthorne, Nev → Burbank, Calif

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-2594

35 people died.

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

RECOVERY DATE 8/8/69.OPN IN IFR WX CONDS IN MT TERRAIN LACKING RADIO NAV AIDS.WINDS ALOFT NOT CKD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.