Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 JUN 1951 |
| Time: | 10:16 |
| Type: | Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 48-0398 |
| C/n / msn: | 16010 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1,5 km (0.9 mls) S of San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF/KSKF), United States of America |
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Crashed, reportedly due to an assymetric flap extension on take off. The plane fell at Somerset Road and Palo Alto Road, and burst into flames.
Events:
Sources:
» E-mail Chris Fairbum, 11-7-2006
» Rome News-Tribune - Jun 6, 1951
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
