Douglas DC-6 crash, Apr 20, 1953 (8 killed), Oakland Cali...
Douglas DC-6 accident on April 20, 1953 near Oakland California, United States with 8 fatalities. Cause: Pilot descended below minimum safe altitude...
- Date: April 20, 1953
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Oakland California, United States
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot descended below minimum safe altitude while trying to stay under low clouds
Western Air Lines Flight 636, a DC-6B, descended into San Francisco Bay during the short flight from San Francisco to Oakland on 20 April 1953. Eight of the ten occupants were killed, and two survivors were pulled from the water. The aircraft broke apart and was destroyed, and much of the wreckage was never recovered.