Spokane – Wenatchee – Seattle

On June 7, 1934 at 12:00 AM, Spokane – Wenatchee – Seattle experienced a crash involving Boeing 247, operated by United Airlines, with the event recorded near Selleck Washington.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 6, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The airplane departed Spokane at 1522LT with two passengers and three crew members on board. It landed at Wenatchee-Fancher Field at 1635LT and four additional passengers boarded. On the leg to Seattle, weather conditions worsened and the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the airplane impacted trees and crashed on the slope of a mountain located 10 km east of Selleck. The aircraft was destroyed and all 9 occupants were injured. Crew: Ben Z. Redfield, pilot, Dwight A. Hansen, copilot, Marian Bennett, stewardess. Passengers: Paul C. Beezley, Mildred A. Johannesen, Helen Curran, Robert C. Clark, Daisy A. Moony, Mercedes Boyd.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC13302, MSN 1683, year of manufacture 1933.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.3757°, -121.8684°.