Los Angeles – Salt Lake City

On February 24, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Los Angeles – Salt Lake City experienced a crash involving Boeing 95, operated by Western Air Express, with the event recorded near Saint George Utah.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The pilot, sole on board, was completing a night mail flight from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City. En route, weather conditions deteriorated and while attempting an emergency landing, he lost control of the airplane that crashed in a mountainous area located about 20 km west of St George, Utah, bursting into flames. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was seriously injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC419E, MSN 1063, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.1099°, -113.5649°.