What the records say
- When
- 3 Mar 1946
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 32.83° N, 116.53° W
- Description
- March 1946 plane crash on Thing Mountain, California
- Deaths
- 27
American Airlines Flight 6-103
March 1946 plane crash on Thing Mountain, California
American Airlines Flight 6-103 was a transcontinental flight from New York City to San Diego, with intermediate stops in Nashville, Dallas, El Paso, and Tucson. At 8:12 a.m. PST on the morning of March 3, 1946, the Douglas DC-3 operating the flight crashed into the slope of Thing Mountain, California, during its final leg from El Paso to San Diego.
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