Douglas DC-3 crash, Mar 3, 1946 (25 killed), Pine Valley...
Douglas DC-3 accident on March 3, 1946 near Pine Valley California, United States with 25 fatalities. Cause: Pilot descended, or allowed a descent,...
- Date: March 3, 1946
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-3
- Location: Pine Valley California, United States
- Fatalities: 25
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Pilot descended, or allowed a descent, into instrument conditions below the altitude needed to clear Thing Mountain; reason for the descent not determined
American Airlines Flight 6103, a Douglas airliner flying from Tucson to San Diego, crashed on Thing Mountain, about 10 miles east southeast of Pine Valley, California. All 25 people on board were killed.