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Boeing 247 Crash, 1937
Mt. Piñetos
W.W. Lewis, pilot of this Boeing 247, lost sight of the Saugus beam on approach to Burbank airport in the fog on Jan. 12, 1937. He cut his engines and, at 11:15 a.m., attempted a "pancake" landing on the side of a mountain, probably Mt. Piñetos, south of Placerita Canyon along the Santa Clara Divide, and midway between Newhall and what was identified as the "lookout tower" — evidently Los Angeles County Fire Department Camp 9.Passenger James A. Braden from Cleveland was killed on impact; Martin Johnson, identified in news reports as a world-famous traveler and explorer, succumbed to his injuries the next day. Eleven others, including the pilot, sustained injuries but survived.
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