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The aircraft struck the east slope of a hill and disintegrated. Portions of the aircraft were partially or completely consumed in the intense ground fire which developed.

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The aircraft crashed on a Coast Guard Reservation. Impact damaged numerous antenna structures and fire consumed portions of the hillside foliage.

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Captain Jabez Albert Richard, age 49, was employed by The Flying Tiger Line on December 4, 1950. He held valid airline transport pilot certificate No. 1173067 with type ratings in C-46, DC-4, L-1049H, and CL-44 aircraft. He had a total of 14,911 flying hours of which 3,942 hours were in L-1049H aircraft. He held a current first class medical certificate with the limitations: "Holder shall possess correcting glasses for near vision while exercising the privileges of this airman certificate."

The captain had arisen sometime before 1000 on the 23rd of December, and had been on duty since 2030 of that date. He had not flown in the previous 24-hour period. He was based in Newark, New Jersey, and his last departure as a crewmember from the San Francisco international Airport was on December 14, 1963, as a copilot.

Although the captain was required to have corrective lenses for near vision, no eyeglass frames, lenses, or broken lenses were found at the accident site. A slip-in eyeglass case was found at the site, labeled with an east coast optometrist's name and address. It contained no traces of broken glass. The captain was the only east coast crewmember.

First Officer Daniel White Hennessy, age 33, was employed by The Flying Tiger Line on April 24, 1955. He held valid airline transport pilot certificate No. 1280066 with type rating in DC-3, and a flight instructor rating. He had a total of 3,636 flying hours of which 1,277 hours were in L-1049H aircraft. He held a current first-class medical certificate with no limitations. First Officer Hennessy had been on duty for 4.3 hours during the previous 24-hour period of which 1.8 were flying hours.