TWA Flight 3
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| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 16, 1942 |
| Type | Pilot error |
| Site | Mount Potosi, near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Passengers | 19 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Fatalities | 22 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator | Transcontinental and Western Airlines |
| Tail number | NC1946 |
| Flight origin | Indianapolis Airport, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
| Stopover | Las Vegas Army Air Field, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Destination | Lockheed Air Terminal, Burbank, California, United States |
Transcontinental and Western Airlines Flight 3 was a Douglas DC-3 flying from Indianapolis, Indiana to Burbank, California on January 16, 1942. After an unscheduled refueling stop at what is now Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, the plane took off on a clear night, and twenty-three minutes later crashed into "Double Up Peak" near the 8300-foot level of Mount Potosi, 30 miles west-southwest of Las Vegas. All 22 people on board were killed.
Passengers including screen actress Carole Lombard, her mother, her press agent and 19 other people were killed in the crash. Lombard was returning from a War Bonds promotion tour, making her the first female casualty of the US war effort in the Second World War. [1]
[edit] Notable personalities
Carole, best known for such comedies as Nothing Sacred, was married to Clark Gable.
The Red Rock Ranch, where the plane crashed, was owned by Chester Lauck and Norris Goff, who played "Lum and Abner" on radio. It is now a part of Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
