San Francisco – Wilmington

On June 28, 2008 at 10:18 PM, San Francisco – Wilmington experienced a crash involving Boeing 767-200, operated by ABX Air, with the event recorded near San Francisco California.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was parking at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. On June 28, 2008, about 2215 Pacific daylight time, an ABX Air Boeing 767-200, N799AX, operating as flight 1611 from San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, experienced a ground fire before engine startup. The captain and the first officer evacuated the airplane through the cockpit windows and were not injured, and the airplane was substantially damaged. The cargo flight was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121. At the time of the fire, the airplane was parked near a loading facility, all of the cargo to be transported on the flight had been loaded, and the doors had been shut.

Aircraft reference details include registration N799AX, MSN 23432/145, year of manufacture 1986.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.7879°, -122.4075°.