NC2696

On March 29, 1928 at 12:00 AM, NC2696 experienced a crash involving Fokker Universal, operated by Pacific Air Transport, with the event recorded near Orinda California.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 James Irving Rutledge was performing a mail flight within California. En route, fuel exhausted and the pilot decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed and was destroyed. Unhurt, the pilot recovered the mail that was delivered to the local post office in Orinda.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC2696, MSN 402, year of manufacture 1926.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.8771°, -122.1797°.