Passengers 9 Survivors 0 Registration NC13355 Summary Pilot error Fatalities 12 (all) | Crew 3 Aircraft type Boeing 247D Date 27 December 1936 Operator United Airlines Survivor 0 | |
Site Rice Canyon, Los Angeles County, California Locations Los Angeles County, California, Rice Canyon Similar United Airlines Flight 615, United Airlines Flight 297, United Airlines Flight 521, United Airlines Flight 859, United Airlines Flight 610 | ||
United Airlines Trip 34 was a scheduled flight departing from San Francisco, California to Los Angeles, California on December 27, 1936. At 7:36 the co-pilot requested the UAL localizer beacon at Burbank be turned on. The company radio requested aircraft position, to which the co-pilot replied 'just a minute.' The aircraft crashed at the head of Rice Canyon (near Newhall, CA) at 7:38. The probable cause was found to be "...an error on the part of the pilot for attempting to fly through Newhall pass at an altitude lower than the surrounding mountains without first determining by radio the existing weather".
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