Missoula - Missoula

On July 29, 1994 at 04:00 PM, Missoula - Missoula experienced a crash involving Lockheed P-2 Neptune, operated by Neptune Aviation Charter, with the event recorded near Missoula Montana.

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 aircraft departed Missoula on a fire fighting mission under callsign Tanker 04. The crew apparently became fixated on the malfunction of the retardant-release doors and did not realize the tanker was entering a narrow box canyon when it struck the slope of Mt Squaw located about 20 miles northwest of Missoula Airport. The aircraft was destroyed and both pilots were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration N918AP, MSN 726-7186, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.8701°, -113.9953°.