Lockheed SP-2E No. Heavy clouds obscured the Santa Ana Mountains at the time of the accident. All seven crewmen were killed on impact at the 2,800-foot level of Santiago Canyon. Most of this wreck has been removed, but large amounts of unmarked debris remain. N7172T crashed in bad weather at the 4,200-foot level of east Santiago Peak, killing two persons onboard.
Wreckage is marked and visible.
Navion F N91734 crashed and burned at the 4,500-foot level of Santiago Peak, killing all four men onboard. There was a very old version of the B-17 bomber at Idyllwild that has been completely raked clean. Macha and his wife have been inspecting the Corsair site for nearly two hours now. In that time, not one of the many passing hikers and mountain bikers has come over to ask what this guy with the metal detector and archaeology flags is doing just off the main trail. Macha s not surprised.