Seattle – Spokane – Butte – Billings – Chicago

On January 10, 1938 at 03:07 PM, Seattle – Spokane – Butte – Billings – Chicago experienced a crash involving Lockheed 14 Super Electra, operated by Northwest Airlines, with the event recorded near Bozeman Montana.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 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: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. While cruising at an altitude of 9,000 feet in good weather conditions, the twin engine aircraft went out of control and dove into the ground before crashing on a wooded hill located some 22 km northeast of Bozeman. All ten occupants were killed. Crew: Nick B. Mamer, pilot, Frederick W. West, Jr., copilot. Passengers: T. Anderson, I. E. Stevenson, G. A. Anderson, L. Levin, Walter Ton, A. Croonquist, Douglas McKay, W. E. Borgenheimer.

Aircraft reference details include registration NC17388, MSN 1407, year of manufacture 1937.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.6794°, -111.0440°.