- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 06, 1955
Time: 07:26
Location: Near Centennial, Wyoming
Operator: United Air Lines
Flight #: 409
Route: Denver - Salt Lake City
AC Type: Douglas DC-4
Registration: N30062
cn / ln: 18389
Aboard: 66   (passengers:63  crew:3)
Fatalities: 66   (passengers:63  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The aircraft crashed into cloud covered Medicine Bow Peak while en route. The pilot deviated from course for reasons unknown. Possible incapacitation of crew by carbon monoxide emanating from a faulty cabin heater, though never proven.
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