Elko - Elko

On July 12, 1973 at 07:15 PM, Elko - Elko experienced a crash involving Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, operated by Aircraft Specialties Company, with the event recorded near Eureka Nevada.

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 Elko Airport in the early evening on a fire fighting mission in the region of Eureka. While flying at low height, the pilot-in-command initiated a sharp turn when control was lost. The airplane crashed in a hilly terrain and was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N620L, MSN 8749, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.9498°, -116.2885°.