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| Date: | Thursday 1 January 1953 |
| Time: | c. 12:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 170B |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8198A |
| MSN: | 25050 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Omak, WA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Aerial patrol |
| Departure airport: | Okanogan, WA |
Hit power lines while herding horses from the air and crashed into a hillside.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=3F0VAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=howard+evans&article_id=3034,493123&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb57iv-a2PAxV68gIHHeLyElMQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=howard%20evans&f=false
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2025 05:24 | Cobar | Added |
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