NC-16074 — accident record & aircraft history

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

October 17, 1937AccidentHull loss
On October 17, 1937, at approximately 9:00 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, a United Air Lines Transport Corporation Douglas DC-3A struck Humpy Ridge, Utah, about 51 miles east of Salt Lake City. The aircraft was destroyed, resulting in the deaths of all 19 people on board—three crew members and 16 passengers. **The flight** The airplane, registration NC-16074, was operating as Trip One, a scheduled coast-to-coast flight originating in Newark, New Jersey, and terminating in Oakland, California. The
Douglas DC-3A · 19 fatalities
It is the opinion of the Investigating Board that the probable cause of this accident was a combination of the following three factors: - Static conditions encountered in the last portion of the flight which rendered the reception of radio range signals unintelligible, - The continuation of the flight into mountainous country at an altitude below of higher… Full accident record