Albuquerque – Los Angeles

On September 3, 1929 at 11:01 AM, Albuquerque – Los Angeles experienced a crash involving Ford 5, operated by Transcontinental Air Transport - TAT, with the event recorded near Mt Taylor New Mexico.

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, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 5, passenger fatalities: 5, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. Few minutes after his departure from Albuquerque Airport, while cruising bound to the west, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with thunderstorm activity, turbulences and lightnings. While cruising between Albuquerque and Gallup, the aircraft named 'City of San Francisco' went out of control and crashed on Mt Taylor (11,305 feet high), some 45 miles west of Albuquerque. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all eight occupants were killed. Crew: J. B. Stowe, Chief pilot by TAT, E. A. Dietel, copilot, C. F. Canfield, courier. Passengers: Mrs. Corina Raymond, A. B. McGaffey, William Henry Beers, Harris Livermore, M. M. Campbell.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC9649, MSN 5-AT-020, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.2387°, -107.6084°.