Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 MAY 1957 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-97F-50-BO Stratofreighter |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-0254 |
| C/n / msn: | 16321 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Terceira-Lajes AFB, Azores (LFB) (Portugal) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Terceira-Lajes Airport, Azores (TER/LPLA), Portugal |
| ? |
The Stratofreighter suffered an engine failure on takeoff. The airplane overran the runway and caught fire.
Events:
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» The Miami News - May 12, 1957
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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.
