Lockheed P-2 Neptune crash, Jul 29, 1994 (2 killed), Miss...
Lockheed P-2 Neptune accident on July 29, 1994 near Missoula, Montana, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Not determined by the available sources;...
- Date: July 29, 1994
- Aircraft: Lockheed P-2 Neptune
- Location: Missoula, Montana, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Not determined by the available sources; one secondary account attributes it to the crew fixating on a retardant-release door malfunction while entering a box canyon.
A Neptune air tanker flying as Tanker 04 on a firefighting mission from Missoula struck the slope of Mt Squaw in a narrow box canyon. The crew had been focused on a retardant door malfunction and did not realise the aircraft was entering the canyon. Both pilots were killed.