Baja - Reno

On December 9, 1976 at 12:00 AM, Baja - Reno experienced a crash involving Lockheed PV-1 Ventura, operated by Red River Ranch Inc., with the event recorded near Yosemite National Park California.

The flight was categorized as illegal (smuggling) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing an illegal flight from Mexico to Reno. En route, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Yosemite National Park. SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor both occupants was found. Walkers found the wreckage in an isolated area on 14 June 1977.

Aircraft reference details include registration N80BD, MSN 5375, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.8393°, -119.5165°.