ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 152867
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Date: | Thursday 15 November 1956 |
Time: | |
Type: | Convair RB-36H-25-CF Peacemaker |
Owner/operator: | USAF |
Registration: | 51-13720 |
MSN: | 255 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 21 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Oost Denver, CO -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Lowry AFB, CO |
Destination airport: | Ellsworth AFB, SD |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Fuel starvation caused a loss of power after takeoff from Lowry AFB and the RB-36H (Capt. Regis Powers) tried to reach runway 17 of Denver Stapleton Airport to carry out an emergency landing, but crash landed 1 mile short of the runway in a field of the Rocky Mountain Arsenal in East Denver and was destroyed by fire.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html Victoria Advocat 16 November 1956, p1
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
29-Jan-2013 14:18 |
Tetrapack |
Added |
16-Dec-2020 14:09 |
A.J.Scholten A.J.Sch |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Location] |
10-Feb-2021 20:25 |
TB |
Updated [Operator, Source] |
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