Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 was a domestic non-scheduled passenger flight between Hawthorne Industrial Airport, Nevada (HTH) and Hollywood-Burbank Airport, California (BUR/KBUR) that crashed into terrain near the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, near Lone Pine, on February 18, 1969, killing all 35 passengers and crew on board.
The Douglas DC-3 N15570 involved in the accident | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | February 18, 1969 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, pilot error |
| Site | Mount Whitney, Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California, United States |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator | Hawthorne Nevada Airlines |
| Registration | N15570 |
| Flight origin | Hawthorne, Nevada |
| Destination | Burbank, California |
| Occupants | 35 |
| Passengers | 32 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 35 |
| Survivors | 0 |
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