ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98673
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| Date: | Monday 13 August 1951 |
| Time: | 14:18 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-50D-110-BO Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 49-0268 |
| MSN: | 16044 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2mi N of Boeing Field, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Boeing Field, Seattle, WA |
| Boeing Field, Seattle, WA | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The B-50D failed to gain altitude after take-off from Boeing Field for a test flight after modifications due to mechanical troubles and stalled over Seattle. Its starboard wing clipped the roof of a brewery and the aircraft cartwheeled into the wooden three-story Lester Apartments, starting a fire that burned for more than five hours. All six crew members (three USAF airmen and three Boeing employees) and five persons on ground died in the crash, while twelve persons were injured and had to be hospitalized.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://www.gendisasters.com/washington/11799/seattle-wa-plane-crashes-apartment-aug-1951
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Mar-2013 08:43 | Tetrapack | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2015 20:44 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Narrative] |
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