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- 6 - to the Salt Lake tower frequency. At 10:57, Trip 4 contacted the tower, reported that it was five miles north, approaching the range station, and received landing instructions. The message from the tower was acknowledged by Trip 4. About one or two minutes later, the airplane crashed into the side of a hill about three miles east-northeast of the range station and 3.8 miles northeast of the airport. The point of impact was at an elevation of 5,053 feet above sea level, or about 830 feet above the level of the airport. (See map opposite this page.)