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| Date: | Wednesday 7 October 1987 |
| Time: | c. 10:55 |
| Type: |  Grumman TS-2A Tracker |
| Owner/operator: | California Department of Forestry |
| Registration: | N444DF |
| MSN: | 119 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 mi E of Weott, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Rohnerville, CA |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed during water bombing a forest fire in the Klamath National Forest. Pilot Donn Johnson (50).
Sources:
WDAC Terry Denham
Santa Cruz Sentinel 8 October 1987, p5
Forgotten Props
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Feb-2022 13:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 01-May-2022 08:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 11-Aug-2022 20:04 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, ] |
| 12-Nov-2022 02:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 29-May-2023 21:27 | Ron Averes | Updated |
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