Longtime Placerita/Sand Canyon resident George Starbuck remembers: "Three of my uncles were the first ones to the scene, Ray, Charles and Edward Walker. In a descent rate of 525 feet per minute, aircraft hit Pinetos Peak." Due to low visibility caused by fog, pilot did not realize he was flying at an insufficient altitude. "Pilot tried to contact (air traffic control) without any success. "While overflying Saugus at 5,200 feet, aircraft was already 300 feet too low," the official crash report states (spelling corrected). Lewis cut his engines and, at 11:15 a.m., attempted a "pancake" landing on the side of Iron Mountain, south of Placerita Canyon on the Mendenhall Ridge along the Santa Clara Divide - midway between Newhall and what was identified as the "lookout tower," presumably Los Angeles County Fire Department Camp 9. (AP said it was see snow and ice in crash-scene photos). Lewis lost sight of the Saugus beam on approach to Burbank airport in the fog. A Stanford graduate, Robert created the billboards for which the restaurant became known.Īccording to initial news reports and the official crash report, after stopping in Las Vegas, pilot William. Andersen, son of Pea Soup Andersen's restaurant founders Anton and Juliette Andersen. In addition to Johnson's wife, Osa, there was at least one other rather well-known survivor: Robert T. It is not known how long the three lingered before they succumbed to their injuries. Spencer sustained critical head injuries Owens and Loomis were also listed in critical condition after the crash. However, the official crash report (and subsequent listings) show a total of five casualties including copilot Clifford P. Initial news reports said only Johnson and Braden died, and that the other 11 survived (see The Associated Press, ACME wire photo service, The Newhall Signal). Johnson was a popular adventurer, big-game hunter, author and documentary filmmaker. Braden was sitting near Martin Johnson, who died at a hospital the next day from a fractured skull (probably traumatic brain injury). Braden, president of Braden-Sutphin Ink Co., in Cleveland, was crushed between two seats and died instantly. It was the second fatal crash of a commercial airliner in the vicinity within three weeks. Five of the 13 people on board Western Air Express Flight 7 out of Salt Lake City died as a result injuries when their Boeing 247-D slammed into Pinetos Peak at the Santa Clara Divide south of Newhall on Jan.
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