# NTSB OAK63A0064: Douglas DC-6B, N93123, Mt.Hamilton, CA, February 7, 1963

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: February 7, 1963
- Place: Mt.Hamilton, CA · MT.HAMILTON, CA
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 3 minor, 34 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 22, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 191772
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK63A0064
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK63A0064

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N93123-1998-05-18), registration cancelled 1998-05-18, S/N 45178 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUGLAS DC-6B
- Registry model: [Douglas DC-6B](https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-6b) (registry code 3021712) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: No damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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