- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 15, 1936
Time: 0314
Location: Near Salt Lake City, Utah
Operator: Western Air Express
Flight #: 6
Route: Burbank - Las Vegas - Salt Lake City
AC Type: Boeing 247D
Registration: NC13370
cn / ln: 1957
Aboard: 7   (passengers:4  crew:3)
Fatalities: 7   (passengers:4  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into Lone Peak while attempting to land at Salt Lake. Inability of the pilots to identify the south leg of the Salt Lake radio range due to a local static condition which rendered both range receivers in the airplane inoperative.
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