Honolulu – San Francisco

On January 21, 1943 at 07:25 AM, Honolulu – San Francisco experienced a crash involving Martin M.130, operated by Pan American World Airways - PAA, with the event recorded near Ukiah California.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

19 people were known to be on board, 19 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 10, passenger fatalities: 10, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. At the end of the night, while overflying the Pacific ocean off the Californian coast, the radio navigator contacted San Francisco ATC to inform about an estimated time of arrival at 0710LT, nearly three hours ahead the schedule. While approaching San Francisco from the north, by night and in poor weather conditions, at an altitude of 2,500 feet, the seaplane christened 'Philippine Clipper' hit the slope of a mountain located 7 miles southwest of Ukiah. Extensive emergency resources were dispatched to the scene where no survivors were found among the 19 occupants. Crew: Robert M. Elzcy, pilot, G. F. Acbel, pilot, Orven K. Judd, copilot, L. A. Mackota, flight engineer, J. J. Egan, flight engineer, John Maynard, navigator, C. P. Thompson, radio operator, G. W. Angus, radio operator, John Hill, steward.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC14715, MSN 557, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.1502°, -123.2078°.