58-0180

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • February 1, 1960AccidentHull loss

    The crew was completing a local training mission at Ramey AFB, Aguadilla, consisting of touch and go maneuvers. During a night approach, the airplane went out of control and crashed short of runway. The airplane was destroyed and all seven crew members were killed. Crew: Col Samuel G. Porterfield, Lt Col Keith M. Garrison, Cpt Nabor Mendez Pelegrina, 1st Lt George G. Fetterer, 2nd Lt Kent W. Slaughter, Cpt Robert E. Howell, M/Sgt William R. Hill. Probable cause (official findings): Loss of cont

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