- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 13, 1939 |
Time: | 2115 |
Location: | Miles City, Montana |
Operator: | Northwest Orient Airlines |
Flight #: | 1 |
Route: | Chicago - Seattle |
AC Type: | Lockheed 14-H Super Electra |
Registration: | NC17389 |
cn / ln: | 1408 |
Aboard: | 4 (passengers:2 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 4 (passengers:2 crew:2) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed 2,650 feet past the runway boundry after taking off. A fire of considerable intensity developed, prior to the crash, in the cockpit of the aircraft, in the immediate vicinity of the gasoline cross-feed valve. It was not possible to determine the exact origin and source of the fire. |
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