Elko - Salt Lake City

On August 2, 1924 at 12:00 AM, Elko - Salt Lake City experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.4, operated by U.S. Air Mail Service, with the event recorded near Great Salt Lake Desert Utah.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was flight at a desert 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 technical failure. En route from Elko to Salt Lake City, the radiator exploded, causing the engine to catch fire. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed in the Great Salt Lake Desert. The pilot was rescued and the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 313.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.5767°, -113.6388°.