Date:	Monday 17 August 1953
Time:
Type:	Ford 5-AT-B Tri-Motor
Owner/operator:	Johnson Flying Service
Registration:	N69905
MSN:	5-AT-40
Year of manufacture:	1929
Engine model:	Wright R-975-28
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Flathead Forest, MT -   United States of America
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Fire fighting
Departure airport:	Spotted Bear airstrip, MT
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Crash landed in forest when all three engines failed. The Tri-Motor had taken off to drop 6 smoke jumpers.

Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt.57)
The Ford Tri-Motor 1926-1992 / William T. Larkins

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