United Airlines Flight 2860
N8047U, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1973 in a previous livery | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 18, 1977 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, ATC error, pilot error |
| Site | Davis County, Utah, U.S. (near Fruit Heights) 41°01′41″N 111°52′30″W / 41.028°N 111.875°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8F-54 |
| Operator | United Airlines |
| Call sign | UNITED 2860 |
| Registration | N8047U |
| Flight origin | San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Stopover | Salt Lake City International Airport, Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Destination | O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois |
| Occupants | 3 |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 3 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Locations in the western United States
United Airlines Flight 2860 was a scheduled domestic cargo flight in the United States from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois, with an intermediate stop added at Salt Lake City, Utah. On December 18, 1977, operated by one of the airline's Douglas DC-8 Jet Traders, registration N8047U, the flight was in a holding pattern in Utah and crashed into a mountain in the Wasatch Range near Fruit Heights. All three crew members, the only occupants of the plane, were killed in the accident.