Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708
N15570, the aircraft involved, seen in 1965 | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | February 18, 1969 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, pilot error |
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| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-3 |
| Operator | Hawthorne Nevada Airlines |
| Registration | N15570 |
| Flight origin | Hawthorne, Nevada |
| Destination | Burbank, California |
| Occupants | 35 |
| Passengers | 32 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 35 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines Flight 708 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight between Hawthorne Municipal Airport, Nevada (HTH/KTHT) and Burbank Airport, California (BUR/KBUR) that crashed into terrain near 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.