Douglas Dc-9-30 AIR WEST AIRLINES by United States of America
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by American domestic airline Hughes Airwest from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops. On Sunday, June 6, 1971, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 serving as Flight 706 departed Los Angeles just after 6 p.m. en route to Seattle as a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps was approaching Marine Corps Air Station El Toro near Irvine at the end of a flight from Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada. The two aircraft collided in midair over the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, killing all 49 aboard the DC-9 and the F-4 pilot; the F-4 radar intercept officer ejected and survived.
Accident
Date: June 6, 1971
18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT
Cause: Mid-air collision
Site: San Gabriel Mountains,
Los Angeles County,
California, United States
34.175°N 118.00°W
Total fatalities: 50[1]
Total survivors: 1
First aircraft
Type: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31
Operator: Hughes Airwest
IATA flight No: RW706
Call sign: AIR WEST 706 RED
Registration: N9345
Occupants: 49
Passengers: 44
Crew: 6
Fatalities: 49
Survivors: 0
Second aircraft
Type: McDonnell Douglas F-4B Phantom II
Operator: Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323,
United States Marine Corps
Registration: BuNo.151458
Occupants: 2
Fatalities: 1
Survivors: 1
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Douglas Dc-9-30 AIR WEST AIRLINES
- Created On Android
- Wingspan 89.4ft (27.3m)
- Length 116.6ft (35.5m)
- Height 30.1ft (9.2m)
- Empty Weight N/A
- Loaded Weight 24,757lbs (11,229kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 0.626
- Wing Loading 14.5lbs/ft2 (70.6kg/m2)
- Wing Area 1,712.9ft2 (159.1m2)
- Drag Points 1916
Parts
- Number of Parts 125
- Control Surfaces 7
- Performance Cost 569
@YOURGORILLA1246 like the navy one that crashed into it
It would be better if you made the jet but still pretty good