ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48282
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| Date: | Friday 1 April 1977 |
| Time: | 00:01 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-52H-150-BW Stratofortress |
| Owner/operator: | 410th BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 60-0039 |
| MSN: | 464404 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near K I Sawyer AFB, Marquette, Michigan -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | K I Sawyer AFB, Michigan |
| K I Sawyer AFB, Michigan | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
B-52H s/n 60‑0039 of 410th Bomb Wing, USAF based at K I Sawyer AFB, Marquette, Michigan. Flew into ground on approach for landing in storm, Michigan. Cause of accident believed to be that no one read the radar altimeter, to which 4 crew members had access, and the pilot, who had had the runway in site initially, lost it in the clouds and keyed in instead on a sloping cloud deck that moved in between the B-52 and the runway. What he thought was straight and level flight, based on reflections of the landing lights off the clouds, was in fact a very great rate of descent
All eight crew on board were killed:
Capt. James B. Cosgrave - killed
Co-pilot 1st Lt. Gary Lee Hudson [also seen as Captain - was this a posthumous rank award?],29, Boulder, Colorado - killed
Captain Chris Morrill -killed
Captain Lawrence Fitch Kraut, 30, Galena, Illinois, Radar Navigator - killed
Major James F. Bartsch, 39, Springdale, Arkansas, EWO - killed
Captain Dennis Wilton Soerens, 27, Hingham, Wisconsin, Radar Navigator - killed
M.Sgt. John William Moore Tail Gunner -killed
Capt. Pat Shortell - killed
Capt. Stephen G. Johnson
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1960.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171101061754/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/b52_stratofortress.htm
http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/05-09/0968.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._I._Sawyer_Air_Force_Base
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=132109998
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Feb-2013 18:04 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2013 09:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2013 09:30 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2017 13:36 | roya@common-sense-in | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2018 15:40 | Jack Madill | Updated [Time] |
| 31-Jan-2019 22:11 | wf | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 03-Feb-2019 08:04 | wf | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 21-Dec-2019 09:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-Jan-2020 20:12 | Stephanie | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2021 18:29 | tdd | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2021 15:41 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-May-2023 05:38 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
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