Cody - Cody

On August 18, 1970 at 04:37 PM, Cody - Cody experienced a crash involving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, operated by Aeroflite, with the event recorded near Dubois Wyoming.

The flight was categorized as fire fighting and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew departed Cody in the afternoon in a firefighting mission in the region of Dubois. While completing a pullup from a swath run, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed on the slope of a mountain. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N1340N, MSN 42-6107, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.5336°, -109.6310°.