ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330439
| Date: | Wednesday 12 July 1972 |
| Time: | 16:05 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17G |
| Owner/operator: | Black Hills Aviation |
| Registration: | N73648 |
| MSN: | 32505 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Socorro, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Alamogordo Municipal Airport, NM (ALM/KALM) |
| Alamogordo Municipal Airport, NM (ALM/KALM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Crashed after colliding with trees. Witnesses stated pilot was too low on second slurry run.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
pilot in command - misjudged altitude and clearance
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
warbirdregistry.org
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