ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 146002
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 03-JUN-2012 |
| Time: | 13:47 MDT |
| Type: |  Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune (Air Tanker mod.) |
| Operator: | Neptune Aviation Services Inc. |
| Registration: | N14447 |
| C/n / msn: | 826-8010 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | About 22 miles west of Modena, Iron County, UT -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | KCDC |
| KCDC |
A Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune (Air Tanker mod.) N14447, coded "Tanker 11", under contract to the US Forest Service, crashed about 20 miles north of Modena, Iron County, Utah, during a fire fighting operation against the White Rock Fire in the Hamblin Valley Area.
Both crew members were killed.
Sources:
CBS News Online
http://privateofficerbreakingnews.blogspot.nl/2012/06/bureau-of-land-management-firefighters.html
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jun/03/us-fire-crew-plane-crash-7th-ld-writethru/
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=20685283&s_cid=article-popular-2
http://wildfiretoday.com/2012/06/03/two-air-tanker-incidents-one-crash-and-one-wheels-up-landing/
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20120603X74920&key=1
http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/1/3/7/1592731.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2012 22:22 | dfix | Added |
| 04-Jun-2012 00:04 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 04-Jun-2012 00:32 | RobertMB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jun-2012 07:43 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Jun-2012 13:44 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 04-Jun-2012 13:46 | RobertMB | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Jun-2012 17:11 | Geno | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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