Santa Monica - Santa Monica

On January 2, 1930 at 04:30 PM, Santa Monica - Santa Monica experienced a crash involving Stinson SM-1 Detroiter, operated by Tanner Air Livery, with the event recorded near Point Vicente California.

The flight was categorized as cinematography and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Santa Monica-Clover Field in the afternoon, carrying four passengers and one pilot. The team was filming aerial scenes for the film 'Such Men Are Dangerous' on behalf of the Fox Studios. While cruising about three miles offshore and filming people parachuting from a third aircraft, the Stinson Detroiter registered NC8420 collided with a second Detroiter registered NC9691. Also operated by Tanner Air Livery, he was carrying four passengers and one pilot as well. Following the collision, both airplanes entered a dive and crashed in the sea. All 10 occupants were killed. Crew: Walter Ross cook, pilot, Halleck Rouse, pilot, Kenneth Neil Hawks, director, Ben Frankel, assistant director, Max Gold, assistant director, George Eastman, cameraman, Tom Harris, Harry Johannes, Otho Jordan, Conrad Wells, cinematographer.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC8420, MSN M504, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.7414°, -118.4112°.