San Rafael – Salt Lake City

On October 24, 1941 at 12:00 PM, San Rafael – Salt Lake City experienced a crash involving Douglas B-18 Bolo, operated by United States Army Air Forces - USAAF, with the event recorded near Fairfield California.

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

5 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route, while flying in poor visibility, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of the Twin Sisters Peak located near Travis AFB. All five occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was low due to foggy conditions.

Aircraft reference details include registration 37-498, MSN 2498, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 38.2494°, -122.0400°.