Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-21 | Page 14 | Fatal Plane Crash Blamed on Insufficient Fuel

Fatal Plane Crash Blamed on Insufficient Fuel Telegram State Service MYTON Duchesne County May 21 Lack 21 Lack of sufficient gasoline for the flight fight from here to Roosevelt was wa blamed Saturday for the fatal crash here Thursday night of a plane in which Howard Hovard Dennis 29 Myton lyton pilot piot was killed The pilot piot had been warned the plane was out of gas ga gasby by two to pilots who flew the plane here Hayden Cooper and Reed Peterson but he de decided decided decided de- de there was enough left lef in inthe inthe inthe the tank for the mile 10 mie 10 trip Officials investigating said the plane failed to gain altitude altitude ali ali- alti alti- tude after the takeoff and crashed shortly shorty after A companion companion com corn panion plane piloted by George V. W. Hunt with Mr Dennis of the Roos velt Flying Flying Flying Fly Fly- ing service immediately set his plane down and found Mr lr Dennis alive alve but by the time he brought help his companion had died