Portland – San Francisco

On November 2, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Portland – San Francisco experienced a crash involving Bach 3-CT Air Yacht, operated by West Coast Air Transport, with the event recorded near De Sabla California.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route from Portland to San Francisco, the crew encountered technical problems and elected to make an emergency landing. The airplane crash landed in hilly and wooded terrain near De Sabla. All 8 occupants escaped uninjured and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC7658, MSN 4, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.8754°, -121.6127°.