ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48282
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 01-APR-1977 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-52H Stratofortress |
| Operator: | 410th Bomb Wing, USAF |
| Registration: | 60-0039 |
| C/n / msn: | 464404 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near K I Sawyer AFB, Marquette, Michigan -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | K I Sawyer AFB, Michigan |
| K I Sawyer AFB, Michigan |
B-52H s/n 60‑0039 of 410th Bomb Wing, USAF based at K I Sawyer AFB, Marquette, Michigan. Flew into ground on approach for landing in storm, Michigan. Cause of accident believed to be that no one read the radar altimeter, to which 4 crew members had access, and the pilot, who had had the runway in site initially, lost it in the clouds and keyed in instead on a sloping cloud deck that moved in between the B-52 and the runway. What he thought was straight and level flight, based on reflections of the landing lights off the clouds, was in fact a very great rate of decent
All eight crew on board were killed:
Capt. James B. Cosgrave - killed
Co-pilot 1st Lt. Gary Lee Hudson [also seen as Captain - was this a posthumous rank award?],29, Boulder, Colorado - killed
Capt(?) Chris Morrill -killed
Captain Lawrence Fitch Kraut, 30, Galena, Illinois, Radar Navigator - killed
Major James F. Bartsch, 39, Springdale, Arkansas, EWO - killed
Captain Dennis Wilton Soerens, 27, Hingham, Wisconsin, Radar Navigator - killed
M.Sgt. John William Moore Tail Gunner -killed
Capt. Pat Shortell - killed
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1960.html
http://www.ejection-history.org.uk/Aircraft_by_Type/b52_stratofortress.htm
http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/05-09/0968.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Feb-2013 18:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2013 09:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2013 09:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
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