Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 14 JUL 1953 |
| Time: | 17:30 |
| Type: | Ford 4-AT-E Tri-Motor |
| Operator: | Johnson Flying Service |
| Registration: | N8400 |
| C/n / msn: | 4-AT-62 |
| First flight: | 1929-04-13 (24 years 3 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Wright J6-9 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1 km (0.6 mls) E of Basin, MT (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | ? |
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While spraying spruce bugworms the Tri-Motor struck a cable, part of which was caught round the tail and snagged a pylon during the forced landing, tearing the tail from the aircraft which crashed nose down.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
