Aircraft Wrecks in the Mountains and Deserts of the American West


Missing Aircraft in California

 

Date of
Disappearance
Aircraft Type Number/Serial Persons
on Board
Point of Departure / Destination

         
2/2/08 Kidd Harmon Rocket N96KR 1 Small airstrip near Taft /
Ranch in New Cuyama
Wreck found 2/6/08 south of Maricopa.
 
2/2/08
 
Cessna 340A N354TJ 4 Bermuda Dunes/Chino /
Wreck was located 2/9/08 San Bernardino Mnts.
 
9/3/07 Bellanca 8KCAB-180 N240R 1 Flying M Ranch, NV /
Unknown (possibly in CA)
 
6/3/01 Piper PA-28-181 N8253W 1 Perris Valley /
Brackett Field
 
6/2/67 Piper PA-28 N4389J 3 San Jose /
Ogden, Utah (last radio contact Tracy/Modesto area)
 
12/20/64 Piper Tri-Pacer N9536D 2 Las Vegas NV /
Long Beach CA
 
3/3/64 Cessna 150 N1910Z 1 Van Nuys local flight
 
9/21/62 Champion Tri-Champ N9888B 2 Compton /
Local flight presumed in Pacific Ocean
 
6/19/61 Grumman F9F-8T
USN
BuNo 146381 2 Moffett Field NAS /
Local flight presumed in bay/ocean
 
3/15/61 Cessna L-19A ANG 51-12546  2 Oxnard AFB /
Santa Barbara (presumed down in Santa Barbara Channel)
 
5/9/57 Lockheed T-33A USAF 52-9232 1 Oakland International Airport /
Luke AFB AZ   (pilot rescued but his plane has never been found)
 
4/21/45
 
North American
AT-6C USAAF
42-32900 2 Kingman, AZ /
Palmdale, Mines Field, CA
 
3/5/45 Grumman F6F-3
USN
 
Bu No  42702 1 Training mission over Monterey Bay
 
10/26/44 North American
P-51D USAAF
44-15669 1 Mines Field/LAX /
Palm Springs  Presumed to be in Santa Monica Bay
 
1/29/44 Lockheed B-34 USAAF Serial # unknown 8 March Field /
Santa Maria AAB
 
9/4/43 Grumman TBF-1
USN
 
Bu No 06414 3 Training mission over Monterey Bay
 
4/26/43 Grumman TBF-1
USN
 
Bu No 01743 3 Training mission over Monterey Bay
 
3/14/43 (3) Grumman TBF-1
USN
 
Bu Nos unknown 6 Arizona to North Island NAS /
presumed in Pacific Ocean
3/13/43 Douglas SBD-4 Bu No 10331   en route Reeve NAS, CA /
Seattle, WA  wreck found 11/5/81. No trace of pilot
 
10/24/41 Curtiss P-40 USAAF 39-194 1 March Field /
Sacramento   (pilot rescued but his plane has never been found)
 
7/30/35 Northrop 3A Test aircraft 1 Jack Northrop Field to Santa Monica Bay for stall spin tests
 
Additional listings to be posted soon!
         

The missing how they haunt us,
how we need to know their fate
for the sake of families and friends
closure is essential,
and never comes too late.
 

G. Pat Macha 2/6/08

 

 

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