Kalispell - Kalispell

On August 29, 1967 at 09:27 AM, Kalispell - Kalispell experienced a crash involving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, operated by Aeroflite, with the event recorded near Kalispell Montana.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from Kalispell Airport while on a firefighting mission, the copilot informed ground that the engine number three caught fire and elected to return for an emergency landing. Fire spread quickly to the right wing and the crew realized he could not make it so the captain attempted an emergency landing in an open field located near the airport. The airplane crash landed and came to rest in flames. While both crew members were uninjured, the aircraft was destroyed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N7228C, MSN 32498, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.2022°, -114.3153°.