page_title: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States
section_title: California
hierarchical_section_title: List of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States / California
caption_attribution_description: English: Image seized by US Federal Government during investigation of AeroMexico 498. Image released into public domain as part of NTSB report.
context_page_description: This list of accidents and incidents on airliners in the United States summarizes airline accidents that occurred within the territories claimed by the United States, with information on airline company with flight number, date, and cause.
  This list is a subset of the list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location.
  It is also available grouped
  by year as List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft
  by airline as List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline
  by fatalities as List of fatal accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft in the United States
  This list is not complete.
context_section_description: 75 passengers on board Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 386 fell ill with cholera after eating contaminated shrimp on February 20, 1992 between Lima, Peru and Los Angeles. One person died.
  Aeroméxico Flight 498 collided with a Piper Archer on August 31, 1986. All 64 people on both aircraft were killed. The stricken aircraft plummeted into Cerritos, California, killing an additional 15 on the ground.
  Alaska Airlines Flight 261 went down on January 31, 2000, in the Pacific Ocean about 2.7 miles (4.3 km) north of Anacapa Island, California. The two pilots, three cabin crew members, and 83 passengers on board and a total of 88 were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed.
  American Airlines Flight 28 collided with a US Army Air Corps B-34 bomber over Chino Canyon on October 23, 1942 after the army pilot's reckless flying severed the airliner's tail. All twelve on board Flight 28 were killed; both army pilots survived.
  Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crashed upon landing at San Francisco International Airport on July 6, 2013. Of the 307 people aboard, three were killed and 181 injured.
  BCPA Flight 304 crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport on October 29, 1953, killing all 19 people on board, including the American pianist William Kapell
  Flying Tiger Line Flight 282 crashed near the top of Sweeney Ridge in San Bruno on December 24, 1964.
  Golden West Airlines Flight 261 collided in mid-air with a Cessna 150 (N11421) near Whittier, California, on January 9, 1975.
  Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 crashed into the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, near Lone Pine, on February 18, 1969, killing all 35 passengers and crew on board.
  Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collided with a fighter jet on June 6, 1971, and crashed into the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, California, killing all 49 people aboard.
  Japan Airlines Flight 2 accidentally landed in San Francisco Bay while attempting to land at San Francisco International Airport during heavy fog on November 22, 1968.
  JetBlue Airways Flight 292 executed an emergency landing on September 21, 2005, in Los Angeles International Airport after the nose wheels of the landing gear jammed in an abnormal position. No one was injured.
  Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashed near San Ramon, California, on May 7, 1964, after a passenger shot the flight crew and killed himself, causing the plane to crash and killing all 44 on board.
  Pan Am Flight 7 crashed into the Pacific Ocean while en route to Hawaii on November 8, 1957, killing all 44 on board. The reason for the crash was never determined.
  Pan Am Flight 845 struck the Approach Light Structure (ALS) navigational aids at the end of San Francisco International Airport's runway 01R on takeoff for Tokyo on July 30, 1971.
  Pan Am Flight 1104 crashed into a mountain near Boonville, California, on January 21, 1943, killing all 19 on board, including Rear-Admiral Robert Henry English, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Submarine Fleet.
  PSA Flight 182 collided with a Cessna over San Diego on September 25, 1978, killing all 144 people on both aircraft. It is the deadliest aircraft disaster in California history, the first fatal Pacific Southwest Airlines incident, and, at the time, the deadliest aircraft incident in the United States.
  PSA Flight 1771 crashed near Cayucos, California, on December 7, 1987, after being hijacked by a disgruntled former airline employee, killing all 43 on board.
  Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933 crashed in Santa Monica Bay, approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of the Los Angeles International Airport on January 13, 1969.
  Southwest Airlines Flight 1455 overran the runway upon landing at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport on March 5, 2000.
  USAir Flight 1493 collided while attempting to land with a plane attempting to take off on the same runway in Los Angeles, California, on February 1, 1991. All 12 people aboard the smaller plane were killed, as well as an eventual total of 23 out of the 89 passengers on the Boeing 737.
  United Airlines Trip 34 crashed into Rice Canyon, C
caption: Aeroméxico Flight 498 falling to the ground immediately after colliding with a Piper Archer.
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