Controlled flight into terrain for undetermined reasons
Site
Clackamas County, Oregon, U.S. 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Wemme 45°15′35″N121°59′43″W / 45.259617°N 121.995233°W / 45.259617; -121.995233[1]
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Douglas DC-9-14
Operator
West Coast Airlines
Call sign
WEST COAST 956
Registration
N9101
Flight origin
San Francisco International Airport San Francisco, California
1st stopover
Eugene Airport Eugene, Oregon
2nd stopover
Portland International Airport Portland, Oregon
Destination
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Seattle, Washington
Occupants
18
Passengers
13
Crew
5
Fatalities
18
Survivors
0
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Location in the United States
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Location in Oregon
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.
The probable cause of the accident was "the descent of the aircraft below its clearance limit and below that of surrounding obstructing terrain, but the Board was unable to determine the cause of such descent."[2] This accident was the first loss of a Douglas DC-9,[3] and the first fatalities for the airline.[4][5][6][7][8] Three of the passengers were employees of the airline.[5]
^Per GPS at debris field. The coordinates given in official NTSB report are: 45°15′21″N121°59′36″W / 45.25583°N 121.99333°W / 45.25583; -121.99333.
^Aircraft Accident Report, West Coast Airlines, Inc., DC-9, N9101, Near Wemme, Oregon, October 1, 1966 (PDF) (Report). National Transportation Safety Board. December 11, 1967. NTSB-AAR-67-AF. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
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