Incident Overview
While flying over Sunchon, the aircraft was hit by antiaircraft fire. The pilot was able to evacuate the combat area and flew west of the capital city when the situation on board forced all crew members to bail out and to abandon the aircraft. The aircraft crashed 17 km west of Pyongyang-Sunan Airport. A crew member was killed while 10 others survived. The aircraft was destroyed. The crew members were: 1st Lt George W. Beale, Cpl Glenn W. Brown, Cpl Herbert D. Brown, S/Sgt Burl D. Dean, 1st Lt Edward M. Gibbens, Sgt Jack D. Kennedy, M/Sgt Charles L. Mullins, 1st Lt Jack L. Murray, S/Sgt Jesse C. Ring (deceased), 1st Lt Robert L. Warner, and 1st Lt William J. Wright.
Probable Cause
The official probable cause was that the aircraft was shot down by enemy fire.