Notable Accidents
- West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashed on October 1, 1966 with eighteen fatalities and no survivors 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Wemme, Oregon. This accident marked the first loss of a Douglas DC-9.
- West Coast Airlines Flight 720 crashed on March 10, 1967 with four fatalities and no survivors near Klamath Falls, Oregon. The Fairchild F-27 was bound for Medford, Oregon from Klamath falls, and crashed due to ice accumulation on the aircraft.
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