San Francisco - San Francisco

On August 30, 1923 at 12:00 AM, San Francisco - San Francisco experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near San Francisco California.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The pilot, sole on board, departed Marina Field for a local test flight. The engine failed in flight, forcing the pilot to ditch the airplane in the San Francisco Bay. The pilot was rescued by the crew of a tugboat after an hour.

Aircraft reference details include registration 164.

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