Airplane Crash - Garberville, California 06/27/1971
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Garberville, California
Date | 06/27/1971 |
Time | 18:00 |
Location | Garberville, California |
Operator | Shelter Cove Sea Park |
Route | Shelter Cove, CA - San Jose, CA |
Type | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration | N90627 |
Cn/In | 4642 |
Aboard | 24 |
Fatalities | 17 |
Ground | 0 |
Summary | The aircraft was unable to gain height on takeoff. It struck a transformer and a building, became airborne and went off a cliff into the ocean. Failure of the pilot to remove the rudder and elavator gust locks. |
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