Salt Lake City – Alhambra

On December 22, 1930 at 12:00 AM, Salt Lake City – Alhambra experienced a crash involving Fokker F10, operated by Western Air Express, with the event recorded near Alhambra California.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The three engine airplane departed Salt Lake City in the evening of December 21 on a cargo flight to Alhambra, carrying one passenger, two crew members and a load of 1,445 pounds of Christmas mail. After landing at Alhambra Airport, the airplane was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran and came to rest against a house, bursting into flames. All three occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft, the cargo and the house were totally destroyed by fire. Crew: Bart Cox, George Sherwood.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC5170, MSN 1001, year of manufacture 1928.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.0930°, -118.1271°.