1957 Pacoima mid-air collision
Crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 31, 1957 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision |
| Site | Over the San Fernando Valley, California, United States 34°15′03″N 118°25′35″W / 34.25083°N 118.42639°W |
| Total fatalities | 8 |
| Total injuries | 78 (estimated) |
| First aircraft | |
| Continental's second N8210H, also a DC-7B similar to the accident aircraft and delivered a few months after the incident | |
| Type | Douglas DC-7B |
| Operator | Douglas Aircraft Company |
| Registration | N8210H |
| Flight origin | Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Destination | Santa Monica Airport, Santa Monica, California, United States |
| Occupants | 4 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
| A Northrop F-89J Scorpion of the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 176th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in October 1972. | |
| Type | Northrop F-89J Scorpion |
| Operator | United States Air Force |
| Registration | 52-1870 |
| Flight origin | Palmdale, California, United States |
| Destination | Palmdale, California, United States |
| Occupants | 2 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 1 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Survivors | 1 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 3 |
| Ground injuries | 74 (estimated) |
On January 31, 1957, a Douglas DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft Company was involved in a mid-air collision with a United States Air Force Northrop F-89 Scorpion and crashed into the schoolyard of Pacoima Junior High School located in Pacoima, a suburban area in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California.