Incident Name:
Date: 8/18/about 1970-73
Personnel: Robert Holiday
Age:
Agency/Organization:
Position: aerial firefighter
Summary: On xx/xx/xxxx, Tanker xx crashed while fire bombing near xxxx. Robert Holiday was killed.
near Dubois, Yellowstone Park, WY
Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Concise Information from the NTSB, FAA, AAP and research by the WLF Staff:
- 8/xx1xx/1970-73 Tanker xx
- 1 or 2 killed, Robert Holiday
- Operator:
- Type: BOEING B17F
- Location: near
- FAA Registration #
- NTSB #
- National Transportation Safety Board: Probable Cause (html)Collided with trees. The pilot in command – improper in-flight decisions or planning; pilot-in-command misjudged altitude. Remarks – hit trees at crest of mountain ridge along flight path
- For more information consult the NTSB online lookup Utility Use NTSB Identification: DEN71FXA05
- Warbird Registry: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress /42-6107
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