West Coast Airlines Flight 956

When

1 Oct 1966

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

45.26° N, 122.00° W

Description

aviation accident on October 1, 1966 near Wemme, Oregon

Deaths

18

Cause

controlled flight into terrain

1966 aviation accident

West Coast Airlines Flight 956 was a scheduled commercial flight in the Western United States which crashed on October 1, 1966, approximately 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Wemme, Oregon, southeast of Portland. Thirteen passengers and five crew members were aboard, but none survived. In its first week of service, the aircraft was destroyed by the impact and subsequent fire.

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