Oakland – San Francisco – Sacramento – Reno – Elko – Salt Lake City

On November 4, 1940 at 04:42 AM, Oakland – San Francisco – Sacramento – Reno – Elko – Salt Lake City experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by United Airlines, with the event recorded near Centerville Utah.

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

10 people were known to be on board, 10 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: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. While cruising in snow falls, the aircraft hit the Bountiful Peak located in the Wasatch mountain range, some five km northeast of Centerville. SAR arrived on the scene around 0900LT. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all ten occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC16086, MSN 1925, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.9180°, -111.8722°.