Moses Lake - Twin Falls

On May 15, 1973 at 10:30 AM, Moses Lake - Twin Falls experienced a crash involving De Havilland DH.104 Dove, operated by Jimmy T. Thompson, with the event recorded near Moses Lake Washington.

The flight was categorized as ferry 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. During the takeoff run, at V1 speed, the crew started the rotation when the left engine lost power. The captain elected to abandon the takeoff procedure but following a lack of coordination and poor experience, the crew lost control of the aircraft that veered off runway and came to rest. Both pilots were uninjured while the aircraft was written off.

Aircraft reference details include registration N4041B, MSN 04385, year of manufacture 1953.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.1301°, -119.2781°.