Accident Investigation Report: United Air Lines, Cheyenne, Wyoming, October 8, 1946

United Air Lines' Flight 28 of October 7, 1946, en route from San Francisco, California to Chicago, Illinois, crashed during an approach for landing at the Cheyenne, Wyoming Airport at 0433 MST on October 8. The aircraft, a Douglas DC-4, NC 30051, was demolished, two passengers were killed and all other occupants were injured in varying degrees. The Civil Aeronautics Board determined that the probable cause of this accident was a loss of altitude during a turn preparatory to a final approach while the pilot was maneuvering in an attempt to land.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33279
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Adopted April 4, 1947; released April 14, 1947.
• Corporate Authors:

  Civil Aeronautics Board

  1825 Connecticut Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20428
• Publication Date: 1947-4-14

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation crashes; Altitude; Approach; Crash causes; Crash investigation; Fatalities
• Identifier Terms: United Airlines, Inc.
• Geographic Terms: Cheyenne (Wyoming)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01674297
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: File no. 4048-46, Docket no. SA-126
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 2018 7:19AM