| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 12, 1942 |
| Time: | 1151 |
| Location: | Miles City, Montana |
| Operator: | Northwest Orient Airlines |
| Flight #: | 1 |
| Route: | Chicago - Seattle |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3-A-269 |
| Registration: | NC 21714 |
| cn / ln: | 2129 |
| Aboard: | 14 (passengers:10 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane hit an obstruction at the end of the runway, overran the runway boundry and crashed. The failure of the captain to complete the landing run in time to avoid the obstruction at the end of the runway, for reasons undetermined, and his action in attempting to take off after striking the obstruction. |
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