Long Beach - Phoenix - Kansas City - New York

On April 3, 1937 at 03:30 PM, Long Beach - Phoenix - Kansas City - New York experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines - Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, with the event recorded near McNary Arizona.

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

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was on a delivery flight to the Dutch National Company based in Amsterdam and should be flown from Long Beach to New York with intermediate stops in Phoenix and Kansas City. While proceeding in poor weather conditions, aircraft hit Baldy Peak located some 250 km northeast of Phoenix. All eight occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration PH-ALP, MSN 1938, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.0843°, -109.8558°.