Los Angeles – Bakersfield – Fresno – San Jose – San Francisco – Medford – Vancouver – Seattle

On November 17, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Los Angeles – Bakersfield – Fresno – San Jose – San Francisco – Medford – Vancouver – Seattle experienced a crash involving Boeing 40, operated by Pacific Air Transport, with the event recorded near Gorman California.

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

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route from Bakersfield to Fresno (route CAM 8), the pilot encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls and fog. While cruising at low altitude in limited visibility, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located in the Tehachapi Mountain Range. The wreckage was found six miles east of Gorman and all three occupants were killed. Crew: Flavius A. Donaldson, pilot, George A. Rogers, mechanic. Passenger: Jean Markow.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC5340, MSN 1036, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.7943°, -118.8536°.