San Francisco – Sacramento

On July 6, 1921 at 12:00 AM, San Francisco – Sacramento experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Marina Field (San Francisco) California.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. Shortly after takeoff from Marina Field in San Francisco, while climbing to a height of about 500 feet, the aircraft was caught in an air pocket. The pilot lost control of the airplane that entered a dive and crashed. The pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 222.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.8062°, -122.4406°.