Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 MAY 1958 |
| Time: | 16:33 |
| Type: | Lockheed RC-121D Super Constellation |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 55-0123 |
| C/n / msn: | 4396 |
| First flight: | 1956 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Falmouth-Otis AFB, MA (FMH), United States of America |
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The Super Connie was being prepared for a patrol flight when the center fuel tank exploded. The aircraft caught fire, but all 15 crew members evacuated safely. It appeared that the center fuel tank had been filled with fuel, despite the fact that it was not supposed to be filled. Through seepage or overflow from that tank the fuel vapors were ignited by electronic equipment being tested during the pre flight procedure.
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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.
