What the records say
- When
- 17 Feb 1956
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 37.62° N, 121.95° W
- Description
- airplane crash
1956 Niles Canyon Douglas R5D-2 crash
1956 aviation accident in California
On 17 February 1956 in California a United States Marine Corps Douglas R5D-2 Skymaster flying from Marine Corps Air Station El Toro to Naval Air Station Alameda crashed on approach north of Niles Canyon, about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of Niles, California. All 35 marines and 5 crew members died. A Marine Corps board of inquiry determined that the crash was due to "pilot error".
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