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Crash of a Boeing 40B-4 on Mt Bluff: 1 killed

Date & Time: Jan 22, 1931
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NC741K
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Portland – Pasco
MSN:
1422
YOM:
1930
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route from Portland to Pasco, the pilot encountered poor visibility due to foggy conditions. Too low, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Bluff located some 22 km northeast of Washougal. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot was killed.