Airplane Crash - Near Cheyenne, Wyoming 10/07/1935

Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Cheyenne, Wyoming

Date	10/07/1935
Time	02:19
Location	Near Cheyenne, Wyoming
Operator	United Air Lines
Flight #	4
Route	Salt Lake City - Cheyenne
Type	Boeing 247D
Registration	NC13317
Cn/In	1698
Aboard	12
Fatalities	12
Ground	0
Summary	While flying in a normal, slightly descending path, the aircraft first collided with the ground just a few feet below the top of a small knoll tearing out both engines and engine nacelles. It then rebounded and continued through the air for a distance of 1,120 feet, where it came to rest. Error on the part of the pilot in executing an abrupt maneuver with insufficient altitude for safety and failure of the pilot to maintain proper control of the aircraft during this maneuver.