Pacific Air Lines: Difference between revisions

The airline had no fatal accidents until the evening of April 6, 1951, when Southwest Airways Flight 7 crashed, killing all 19 passengers and three crew members,<ref>[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19510406-0 Southwest Airways Flight 7]. [http://aviation-safety.net/ Aviation Safety Network]. Retrieved January 29, 2007.</ref> including 12 military personnel.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XqsKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X04DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6298%2C4038340|title=Bodies Removed From Plane Wreck|agency=[[Associated Press|AP]]|newspaper=[[St. Petersburg Times]]|date=April 9, 1951|page=1}}</ref> The DC-3 was flying a 20-minute route between Santa Maria and Santa Barbara. The aircraft struck a ridge in the Refugio Pass region of the [[Santa Ynez Mountains]] at an elevation of {{Convert|2740|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}, far below the minimum nighttime altitude of {{Convert|4000|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} prescribed for the route over that stretch of mountains. The Civil Aeronautics Board was unable to determine the cause.<ref name = CAB1951>{{cite web|url=https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33413|title=Accident Report, Southwest Airways incident of April 6, 1951, Docket No: SA-232 File No: 1-0019|publisher=Civil Aeronautics Board|date=November 5, 1951|access-date=January 20, 2015}} [http://dotlibrary.specialcollection.net/Document?db=DOT-AIRPLANEACCIDENTS&query=(select+494) (alternate link)]</ref>