Stockton - Stockton

On September 28, 1968 at 04:13 PM, Stockton - Stockton experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-1649 Starliner, operated by Willair International Airlines, with the event recorded near Stockton California.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 11 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Stockton Airport, California. Following several uneventful circuits, the crew initiated a new approach. On final, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the right main gear struck a blast pad located 102 feet short of the runway threshold and was torn off. The airplane partially belly landed and slid for dozen yards before coming to rest. While all 11 occupants escaped uninjured, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration N8081H, MSN 1026, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.9577°, -121.2908°.