Paradise Airlines

Paradise Airlines
FoundedJune 27, 1962 (1962-06-27)
incorporated in California
Commenced operationsApril 1962
Ceased operationsMarch 4, 1964 (1964-03-04)
shut down by the Federal Aviation Agency
Operating basesOakland, California[1]
Fleet sizeSee Fleet below
DestinationsSee Destinations below
HeadquartersOakland, California[2]
FoundersHerman Jones
Henry Kengla
Constellation at Oakland 1964, sister ship of the aircraft that crashed

Paradise Airlines was a small California intrastate airline best remembered for a high-mortality 1 March 1964 crash of a Lockheed L-049 Constellation subsequent to a failed approach to South Lake Tahoe Airport in 1964, killing all 85 aboard.[3] The crash helped induce a substantial 1965 change in California's economic regulation of its intrastate airlines. The carrier was shut down by the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) on 4 March of that year.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference shutdown was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Flights to Tahoe, Sacramento Union, 9 June 1963
  3. ^ Aircraft Accident Report: Paradise Airlines, Inc., Lockheed Constellation L-049, N 86504, Near Zephyr Cove, Nevada, March 1, 1964 (Report). Civil Aeronautics Board. 15 July 1965. doi:10.21949/1500827.