San Francisco - San Diego - Phoenix - Santa Fe

On March 9, 1973 at 08:24 PM, San Francisco - San Diego - Phoenix - Santa Fe experienced a crash involving MBB HFB-320 Hansa Jet, operated by Golden West Airlines, with the event recorded near Phoenix-Sky Harbor Arizona.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 7 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: 5, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a flight from San Francisco to Santa Fe with intermediate stops in San Diego and Phoenix. At Sky Harbor Airport, the airplane landed on its belly, slid for several dozen yards and came to rest in flames. While all seven occupants escaped uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N320MC, MSN 1034, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.4661°, -111.9949°.