44-84149
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- December 26, 1956AccidentHull loss
Nineteen minutes after his departure from Elmendorf AFB, while cruising at an altitude of 4,200 feet, the crew contacted ATC when the airplane struck Mt Bald located about 11 miles east of Talkeetna. As the airplane was fully loaded with fuel, a huge explosion occurred on impact. The aircraft was destroyed and all eight crew members were killed. Crew (508th Air Refueling Squadron): 1st Lt Thomas H. Patton, pilot, 2nd Lt James D. Dellinger, copilot, 1st Lt Lionel E. Reid, navigator, 1st Lt Luther