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Incident Name: near Roosevelt Lake, AZ
Date: June 28, 1964
Personnel: Jim Mosely
Age: 28
Agency/Organization: unknown
Position: aerial firefighter
Summary: On June 28, 1964, the B-26 -- presumably the one that Jim Mosely was piloting -- for the purpose of "fire control" according to the NTSB went down at the beginning of the retardant drop "swath run" on a fire near Roosevelt Lake, AZ.
(If anyone has better documentation, like a news article, please let us know.)
near Roosevelt Lake, AZ
Reports, Documentation, Lessons Learned
- Concise Information from the NTSB, FAA, and research by the WLF Staff:
- June 28, 1964
- 1 killed: Jim Mosely
- Operator: unknown
- Type: DOUGLAS B-26C
- Location: near Roosevelt Lake, AZ
- FAA Registration # N8037E
- NTSB # unknown
- National Transportation Safety Board: Probable Cause (html)
Probable Cause was undetermined
- The NTSB online lookup Utility has no record.
- Note: Prior to 1996 NTSB did not investigate Gov owned and operated, Gov owned and contractor operated or some aircraft that were privately owned and operated as "public aircraft". Government agency investigations and reports were/are often hard to find and access. The "Pressler Act", passed in 1995 and enacted in 1996, changed that, making all aircraft accident reports easier to access and lessons easier to learn. (Click the link and search on "Pressler".)
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