March AFB - San Diego

On July 25, 1933 at 12:10 PM, March AFB - San Diego experienced a crash involving Sikorsky S-38, operated by United States Army Air Corps - USAAC, with the event recorded near Oceanside California.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The seaplane departed March AFB on a flight to San Diego-Rockwell Field. While cruising at an altitude of 3,000 feet, the airplane suffered a structural failure. It entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a pasture in Oceanside. The aircraft was totally destroyed by impact forces and all seven crew members were killed. Crew: Lt Carl H. Murray, Sgt Archie W. Snodgrass, Sgt Bonnell L. Herrick, Cpl Walter T. Taylor, Pvt Stanley Book, Pvt Albert Overend, Pvt Vincent Galdin.

Aircraft reference details include registration 30-399, MSN 514-2, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.1959°, -117.3795°.