Malmstrom - Hill - March

On March 9, 1955 at 07:30 PM, Malmstrom - Hill - March experienced a crash involving North American B-25 Mitchell, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Mt Timpanogos Utah.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The twin engine aircraft was performing a flight from Malmstrom AFB (Great Falls) to March AFB (Riverside) with an intermediate stop at Hill AFB in Ogden. After takeoff from Ogden-Hill AFB, bound for the south, the crew encountered poor weather conditions (stormy weather) and low visibility when the aircraft hit the east side of Mt Timpanogos (11,751 feet high) located about 28 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. As the aircraft failed to arrive at March AFB, SAR operations were conducted and the wreckage was found three days later about 300 feet below the summit. All five occupants have been killed. Crew: Maj Daniel C. Howley, pilot, 2nd Lt Howard E. St John Jr., copilot, A2c Doyle Dempsey, flight engineer. Passengers: Donald R. Cubbage, Maurice McNulty.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-30050, MSN 108-33325, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.3908°, -111.6461°.