He spotted a field to land in and made for it. He had to miss a group of dairy cows on the John Dotta dairy farm just north of Lovelock, Nevada. Warner managed to miss the cows and jump a six-foot canal, but his plane struck a fence, causing it to flip over on its top. He escaped unharmed but his plane was a complete wreck. He walked to Lovelock and found some help and a truck, returning to the craft to take the motor, which was then hauled back to town to be shipped back to Salt Lake City. He burned the remains of the plane on the spot and then continued on to Reno by train. Another fire Warner was working for the Boeing Airplane Transport Company on May 21, 1929, flying as co-pilot with chief pilot Hugh Barker in a tri-motor Boeing 80A loaded with mail and passengers. They left Salt Lake City at 9:25 p.m. on May 21 with eight passengers, and had just left Elko, Nevada, where one passenger deplaned. They had taken off and were en route to Oakland, California, where they were due to arrive at 4:00 a.m., but just a few minutes out of Elko the left engine failed and flames ignited the left wing. They were at about when a fire broke out and they had no time to drop flares to light a landing area. Pilot Barker dove the plane and was able to make a smooth landing without any lights. Warner opened the cabin door before the plane came to a stop and the passengers escaped safely. The plane and everything on board was quickly a smoldering pile of rubble, but the seven passengers and two pilots escaped without injury. Several cars were dispatched to the scene to bring the pilots and passengers back the five miles to Elko. The passengers were: E.J. Read, Mr and Mrs Lewis, C. C. Richardson, B. E. Taylor, Charles Walker and R. M. Scherrit. They boarded another plane in Elko to be taken on to Oakland, the original destination. Air mail pilot Warner submitted an application to the Post Office Department for a Certified Aviation Management (CAM) certificate on November 15, 1929, allowing him to fly as primary pilot carrying airmail. Warner listed his prior employment as a pilot with Aeromotive Service Inc. (Aero Corporation of Utah as noted in other newspaper articles),