Portland – San Francisco

On January 22, 1928 at 12:00 AM, Portland – San Francisco experienced a crash involving Travel Air 4000, operated by Pacific Air Transport, with the event recorded near Dunsmuir California.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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 weather. The pilot Arthur D. Starbuck was completing a mail flight from Portland, Oregon, to San Francisco. While entering California, he encountered poor weather conditions with low visibility due to a snowstorm. He lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a canyon in Shasta Springs, near Dunsmuir. The pilot was injured and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC12, MSN 1260, year of manufacture 1927.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.2082°, -122.2720°.