| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | October 06, 1955 |
| Time: | 0726 |
| Location: | Near Centennial, Wyoming |
| Operator: | United Air Lines |
| Flight #: | 409 |
| Route: | Denver - Salt Lake City - San Francisco |
| 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 plane failed to clear the 12,013 ft. peak by 75 feet. 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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