- Date
- February 7, 1963
- Place
- Mt.Hamilton, CA · MT.HAMILTON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor, 34 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N93123Douglas DC-6B
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191772
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0024 63/2/7 NR.MT.HAMILTON,CALIF DOUGLAS DC-6B CR- 0 1 4 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1923 N93123 PX- 0 0 33 41, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 3600 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - WESTERN AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION EVASIVE MANEUVER IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PILOT OF OTHER AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ABRUPT PULL UP TO AVOID COLLISION WITH FORMATION OF 4 MILITARY JET ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93123
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-6B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
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