N65170

On September 29, 1990 at 01:59 PM, N65170 experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-2 Neptune, operated by Black Hills Aviation, with the event recorded near Wynoochee Lake Washington.

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.

A Cessna 172N registered N738AQ crashed in the Olympic National Forest earlier that day and a fire erupted. The crew was dispatched in the region of Lake Wynoochee to proceed in a fire fighting mission. After the retardant was dropped, the crew initiated a climb when control was lost and the aircraft crashed in a wooded area located near the Wynoochee Dam. Both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N65170, MSN 826-8025, year of manufacture 1959.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.4105°, -123.5817°.