ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331037
| Date: | Tuesday 18 August 1970 |
| Time: | 16:37 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17T Turbo Fortress |
| Owner/operator: | Aero Flite |
| Registration: | N1340N |
| MSN: | 6403 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Dubois, WY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Cody-Yellowstone Regional Airport, WY (COD/KCOD) |
| Cody-Yellowstone Regional Airport, WY (COD/KCOD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The B-17 crashed while making a down wind fire bombing run along the slope of a mountain at West River Indian Reservation.
The aircraft had been converted to a using four Rolls Royce Dart turboprops from a Vickers Viscount.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - misjudged altitude and clearance
pilot in command - failed to obtain/maintain flying speed
FACTOR(S)
weather - downdraft,updrafts
weather - high density altitude
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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