Four Mile Fire Ferry Flight Accident Fatalities 2009

On April 25, 2009, about 1004 mountain daylight time (MDT), a Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune, Tanker 42, impacted the terrain about one and one-half mile north of Stockton, Utah. The two pilots and their passenger were killed in the accident, and the airplane was substantially damaged by the impact sequence. The airplane was owned and operated by Neptune Aviation Services, and dispatched on a Resource Order (Aircraft) issued by the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC). The repositioning flight, which departed Missoula, Montana, about two hours prior to the accident, was en route to Alamogordo, New Mexico to respond to the Four Mile Fire. At the time of the accident, Tanker 42 was flying in an area of low ceilings and restricted visibility.

Those who lost their lives in the accident were: Brian Buss, Mike Flynn, and Tom Risk.

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