Jesse W. Lankford, Joe T. Shumate, Jr, Richard C. Gazley

“ The direct route took him across some of the most dangerous flying country in the west.
The airplane was next heard by a rancher in the vicinity of Lamario Peak, which is 10,000 feet high. Weather conditions were bad, there being fog and rain. The rancher states that the airplane circled several times and then proceeded in the direction of the Peak. From the wreckage, it is evident that the airplane, flying at an altitude of about 8,500 feet and blinded by fog around the mountain top, flew directly into the side of the mountain. Fire followed the impact. ”