Burbank – Saugus – Salt Lake City

On September 1, 1935 at 11:07 PM, Burbank – Saugus – Salt Lake City experienced a crash involving Boeing 247, operated by Western Air Express, with the event recorded near Burbank California.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 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: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Few minutes after take off from Burbank Airport, while climbing at a height of 1,000 feet in foggy conditions, aircraft went out of control, stalled, hit power cables and crashed in flames in a field. All three occupants, two pilots and a stewardess, were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC13314, MSN 1695, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 34.1812°, -118.3072°.