 A Super Electra similar to the aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 13, 1939 |
| Summary | In-flight fire |
| Site | Custer County, Montana, U.S. near Miles City 46°25′41″N 105°53′10″W / 46.42806°N 105.88611°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Lockheed 14H Super Electra |
| Operator | Northwest Airlines |
| Registration | NC17389 |
| Flight origin | Minneapolis-Wold-Chamberlain Field (MSP/KMSP), Minnesota |
| 1st stopover | Fargo-Hector Field (FAR/KFAR), North Dakota |
| 2nd stopover | Bismarck Municipal Airport (BIS/KBIS), North Dakota |
| 3rd stopover | Miles City Airport (MLS/KMLS), Montana |
| 4th stopover | Billings Municipal Airport (BIL/KBIL), Montana |
| 5th stopover | Butte Airport (BTM/KBTM), Montana |
| Last stopover | Felts Field (SFF/KSFF), Spokane, Washington |
| Destination | Boeing Field (BFI/KBFI) Seattle, Washington |
| Passengers | 2 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Location in the United States
Miles City
Location in Montana
Northwest Airlines Flight 1, registration NC17389, was a Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra aircraft which crashed in eastern Montana on Friday, January 13, 1939, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southwest of the Miles City Airport. All four on board were killed in the accident.[1][2][3][4][5]
- ^ "Air Safety Board Report". Accident involving aircraft NC 17389 of Northwest Airlines, Inc., near Miles City, Montana, on January 13, 1939. Civil Aeronautics Authority. 1939.
- ^ "Four are carried to death in Montana air crash". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. January 14, 1939. p. 1.
- ^ "Northwest air liner crashes; four killed". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 14, 1939. p. 1.
- ^ "Four killed in airplane crash". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). United Press. January 14, 1939. p. 3.
- ^ "Seek cause of plane's crash". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. January 15, 1939. p. 3.