Douglas DC-9 N9345
6 June 1971 · Duarte, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 6 June 1971 at about 17:11 local time, a Douglas DC-9 registered N9345, operated by Hughes Airwest, was involved in an accident during in flight near Duarte, California, United States. 49 people were on board. In all, 50 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 17:11
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Duarte, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Douglas DC-9
- Registration
- N9345
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Hughes Airwest
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Los Angeles, Calif → Seattle, Wash
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 1-0005
People
50 people died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
BOTH CREWS HAD ONLY MRGL CPBLTY TO SEE AND AVOID.OTR C/F -ATC SYS LTD, PRECLUDED EFF IFR/VFR SEPN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Douglas DC-9 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Apr 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 21 May 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Baltimore, Maryland, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jun 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | New Haven, Connecticut, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Flushing, New York, United States | Trans World Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Barbados, Other-Foreign Countries | Caribbean-Atlantic Airlines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Dec 1971 | Douglas DC-9 | Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |