Northwest Airlines Flight 2 was a Lockheed Super Electra aircraft , registration NC17388 , which crashed Motion into the Bridger Mountains about 12 miles ( 19 km ) northeast of Bozeman , Montana , on January 10 , 1938 .

Ground witnesses reported Reporting that as it passed Motion_directional over the Bridger Mountain range ( which at the point the aircraft passed Motion_directional over reaches Arriving a height of approximately 8,500 feet MSL ) the aircraft immediately dropped Motion_directional , went Self_motion into a stall Motion , glided Motion for a short time , then spun Motion into the ground .

The Jan. 11 , 1938 edition of `` The New York Times '' carried Carry_goods the story on the top of its front page and reported Reporting in part : `` BOZEMAN , Mont. , Jan. 10 — A Northwest Airlines transport Sending plane crashed Motion on a snow-covered peak high in the Bridger Mountains fourteen miles northeast of here late today , carrying Carry_goods to their deaths Death ten persons listed as being aboard .

A 46-year-old local man , Mark Bridger , was subsequently arrested Arrest .

On 30 May 2013 , Bridger was found Know guilty Committing_crime of April 's abduction Kidnapping and murder Killing , in addition to perverting the course of justice .