De Havilland DHC-6 N6383

9 January 1975 · Whittier, California, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 9 January 1975 at about 16:07 local time, a De Havilland DHC-6 registered N6383, operated by Golden West AI, was involved in an accident during in flight near Whittier, California, United States. 12 people were on board. In all, 14 people died in this accident, including people in another aircraft or on the ground. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 9 January 1975 at 16:07
Classification: Accident
Location: Whittier, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DHC-6
Registration: N6383
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 2
Operator: Golden West AI
Operating rule: Air Taxi Operator
Purpose of flight: Air Taxi-Passenger Operations
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Ontario, Ca → Los Angeles, Ca
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1941

People

14 people died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
12	14	0	0	0

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.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-1941, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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3 Aug 1976	De Havilland DHC-6 N980FL	Havre, Montana, United States no coordinates	Frontier Airlines, Inc.	Serious injuries	-
29 Dec 1976	De Havilland DHC-6 N66180	Los Angeles, California, United States no coordinates	Golden West AI	No injuries	-
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