- 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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