NC14285

On October 6, 1935 at 12:00 AM, NC14285 experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-2, operated by Standard Oil of California, with the event recorded near Salt Lake City Utah.

The flight was categorized as ferry and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a lake, sea, ocean, river 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 crew was performing a ferry flight to his base in California. Shortly after takeoff from Salt Lake City, while climbing, the aircraft went out of control and plunged into the Great Salt Lake. The aircraft sunk while all three occupants could evacuate the cabin. Unfortunately, all three crew drowned on an attempt to reach the shore. The aircraft was owned by the Standard Oil of California, not the Standard Oil Company, defunct in 1914.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC14285, MSN 1328, year of manufacture 1934.

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