ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48376
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| Date: | Saturday 8 July 1972 |
| Time: | 05:25 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-52G-130-BW Stratofortress |
| Owner/operator: | 72nd SWg (P) USAF |
| Registration: | 59-2600 |
| MSN: | 464363 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Andersen AFB, Yigo -
 Guam
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Andersen AFB, Guam (PGUA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
B-52G s/n 59‑2600 of 72nd SW(P) based at Andersen AFB, Guam. crashed July 8, 1972 shortly after takeoff from Andersen AFB, Guam in bad weather. Improperly-secured chin radome flew off and aircraft became unstable.
According to Boeing document D3-5393-1, "Time for Action AGAIN", November 1975, states, "The... (accident) involved loss of airspeed information during the climbout. The aircraft was leveled off and allowed to decelerate into a stabilized low-speed stall.The aircraft was suspected & reported at the time to of lost the Fwd BNS Radome & the radome severed the Pitot System (Airspeed) Air Sense Source,"
All six crew ejected/bailed out and 5 survived. "Two American submarines plucked six crewmen from the Pacific Saturday a day after they had ejected from a US B-52 bomber that crashed into the sea, officials said". Lt Col James Lloyd Vaughan RN ejected but did not survive descent. His remains were found 42 days later on Yap Island. He is buried in Alabam, Arkansas.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1959.html
http://b52stratofortressassociation.yuku.com/topic/218#.URracyphiSp
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/1972_Pacific_typhoon_season
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Feb-2013 17:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2013 23:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Country, Narrative] |
| 20-Aug-2013 12:25 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Departure airport] |
| 27-Dec-2013 18:53 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 28-Dec-2014 19:35 | wesk | Updated [Other fatalities, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2016 07:16 | mvaughan | Updated [Date, Narrative] |
| 03-Aug-2016 19:14 | ChazT | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Jan-2017 09:01 | Daniel Johansen | Updated [Time, Destination airport] |
| 31-Jan-2019 20:01 | wf | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
| 19-Aug-2020 16:08 | Jixon | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Feb-2021 14:46 | Lelek | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 06-Jun-2022 09:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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