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Crash of a Stinson Reliant near Salinas: 5 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1948 at 1910 LT
Type of aircraft:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Oakland – Burbank
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While cruising in reduced visibility, the single engine aircraft struck the slope of a mountain located 18 miles east of Salinas. All five occupants were killed, among them four sailors from the Naval Base at Yerba Buena Island in the San Francisco Bay.