San Francisco – Oakland – Salt Lake City – New York

On May 1, 1942 at 11:00 PM, San Francisco – Oakland – Salt Lake City – New York experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by United Airlines, with the event recorded near Salt Lake City Utah.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

17 people were known to be on board, 17 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: 14, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On approach to Salt Lake City Airport at night and in poor weather conditions, pilots did not realise they were flying too low. Aircraft hit a mountain slope few km short of runway and was destroyed by impact forces. All 17 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC18146, MSN 1978, year of manufacture 25.

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