Incidents and Accidents
On January 9, 1975, Golden West Airlines Flight 261, a De Havilland Twin Otter, collided with a Cessna 150 over Whittier, California, killing 14 people in both aircraft (all 12 aboard the Golden West plane and the 2 occupants of the Cessna).
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