De Havilland DH-104 N4959N
2 November 1969 · Weed, California, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 2 November 1969 at about 12:35 local time, a De Havilland DH-104 registered N4959N, operated by Galaxy Airline, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Weed, California, United States. 13 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:35
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Weed, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Weed
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DH-104
- Registration
- N4959N
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Galaxy Airline
- Operating rule
- Air Taxi Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Oakland, Calif → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-4300
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
STRUCK LARGE ROCKS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other De Havilland DH-104 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Oct 1968 | De Havilland DH-104 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Catalina-Vega* | Fatal | 4 |
| 21 Aug 1971 | De Havilland DH 104 | Chester, Montana, United States | Simplot Aviati | No injuries | - |
| 2 Jun 1971 | De Havilland DH 104 | East Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Argo Air, Inc | No injuries | - |
| 4 May 1966 | De Havilland DH-104 | Washington Dc, District of Columbia, United States | Broome County | No injuries | - |
| 6 Dec 1973 | De Havilland DH-104 | Knoxville, Tennessee, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Apr 1973 | De Havilland DH-104 | Brownsville, Texas, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 1969 | Piper PA-28 | Lacosta Is, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Mar 1969 | Cessna 310 | Orlando, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Mar 1969 | Luscombe 8A | Sedalia, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Apr 1969 | Beechcraft H35 | Union Lake, Michigan, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 23 Mar 1969 | Piper PA-22 | Midlothian, Illinois, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 May 1969 | Taylr Titch M-3 | Watkins, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |