United Airlines Flight 2860

United Airlines Flight 2860

N8047U, the aircraft involved in the accident, whilst operating 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 / 41.028; -111.875
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

San Francisco

Salt Lake City

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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,^[1] 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.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}