Salt Lake City – Rock Springs

On December 15, 1922 at 08:00 AM, Salt Lake City – Rock Springs experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Porcupine Ridge Utah.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

1 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 1, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. En route from Salt Lake City to Rock Springs, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions, Caught by severe downdrafts, the aircraft crashed in Porcupine Ridge, a mountain located northeast of Salina, at an altitude of about 9,400 feet. The pilot survived the accident and walked for about 24 hours in negative temperature before reaching the first village.

Aircraft reference details include registration 249.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.3254°, -111.8103°.