Douglas DC-6 crash, Aug 24, 1951 (50 killed), Union City...
Douglas DC-6 accident on August 24, 1951 near Union City California, United States with 50 fatalities. Cause: The pilot ignored the prescribed...
- Date: August 24, 1951
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Union City California, United States
- Fatalities: 50
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot ignored the prescribed instrument landing procedures and descended below the prescribed altitude on the approach to Oakland, and the aircraft struck Tolman Peak.
United Air Lines Flight 615, a DC-6B on a Boston to San Francisco service, crashed into rising terrain near Decoto, California, on the approach to Oakland on 24 August 1951. All 50 people on board, 44 passengers and 6 crew, were killed.