ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 98666
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| Date: | Friday 22 September 1950 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-50A-30-BO Superfortress |
| Owner/operator: | 64th BSqn /43d BGp USAF |
| Registration: | 47-105 |
| MSN: | 15789 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 94miles east of Goose Bay, Newfoundland -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Goose AFB, Labrador, Canada |
| Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
About an hour after take-off, the #3 engine of the B-50A (pilot Lt. Jack A. Thompson) failed from carburetor icing and when #2 engine began to acting up the pilot decided to return to Goose AFB. When #2 engine started to burn the crew managed to extinguish the flames, but then the #4 engine caught fire too and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out at 8,000 feet.
Sources:
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/db.asp
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/usafserials.html
http://leon-poole-usaf.blogspot.com/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2013 01:20 | Tetrapack | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2021 15:36 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
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