- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 15, 1935 |
Time: | 2008 |
Location: | Near Glendo, Wyoming |
Operator: | Aero Mayflower Transit Co |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Helena - Denver |
AC Type: | Waco, model YLC |
Registration: | NC14140 |
cn / ln: | 4202 |
Aboard: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:2 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane flew into a mountain 43 miles West of Glendo in heavy fog. Against advice to the contrary, the pilot decided to fly a direct route to Denver rather than go around, following the valleys and airways used by other pilots. The direct route took him across some of the most dangerous flying country in the west. |
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