- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | November 04, 1940 |
Time: | 0442 |
Location: | Near Centerville, Utah |
Operator: | United Air Lines |
Flight #: | 16 |
Route: | Oakland - Salt Lake City |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | NC16086 |
cn / ln: | 1925 |
Aboard: | 10 (passengers:8 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 10 (passengers:8 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed into Bountiful Peak in the Wasatch Mountains, during a snowstorm, 3 nm NE of Centerville. The failure of the communications operators at Tintic, Plymouth, and Salt Lake City, Utah, whose duty it was to monitor the range, to detect its malfunctioning and immediately notify those concerned and the failure of the pilot to follow to the fullest extent established radio range technique in accordance with the requirements of the procedure established by United and approved by the Civil Aeronautics Administration. |
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