Oakland – Salt Lake City

On November 23, 1931 at 02:40 AM, Oakland – Salt Lake City experienced a crash involving Boeing 40, operated by Boeing Air Transport, with the event recorded near Salt Lake City Utah.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The pilot, sole on board, departed Oakland on a mail flight to Salt Lake City. While on approach at night, he encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls. Control was lost and the airplane crashed some 14 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. The pilot was killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC286, MSN 897, year of manufacture 1927.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.7596°, -111.8868°.