56-3597
We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.
Safety history
- February 27, 1963Accident
The crew departed Eielson AFB, engaged in a routine refueling mission. Just after liftoff, while in initial climb, the engine number one failed. The airplane banked left and crashed in a huge explosion onto several buildings. All seven crew members and two people on the ground were killed. The aircraft and two buildings (the crew rest house and a guard local) were destroyed. Probable cause (official findings): Failure of the engine number one at takeoff.