Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JUL 1957 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-97G-28-BO Stratofreighter |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-2737 |
| C/n / msn: | 16768 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2,5 km (1.6 mls) off Port Kent, NY (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Plattsburgh AFB, NY (PBG/KPBG), United States of America |
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The KC-97G airplane lost engine power on two engines during takeoff. The plane subsequently crashed in Lake Champlain.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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.
