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Date: | Saturday 1 September 1951 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing B-47B Stratojet |
Owner/operator: | Boeing Airplane Company, Wichita Plant, Kansas, |
Registration: | 50-024 |
MSN: | 450039 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | 5 miles northeast of Wichita AFB (KIAB) (Boeing Plant ), Wichita, Kans -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Wichita Air Force Base (KIAB) (Boeing Plant ), Wichita, Kansas, USA |
Destination airport: | Wichita Air Force Base (KIAB) (Boeing Plant ), Wichita, Kansas, USA |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft was on a test flight out of the Boeing Wichita Plant airfield, accompanied by Boeing B-47 Stratojet 50-007, when they suffered a mid-air collision at 2000 ft.
A spokesman for the Boeing Airplane Company said that one of the aircraft had suffered a malfunction with its front main landing gear. The Boeing Airfield control requested a fly past of the tower for a visual inspection, but a clear view of the undercarriage was not possible, so the tower ordered the accompanying B-47 to carry out a close underside inspection of the landing gear, it was then that the collision occurred and both aircraft spun in, crashed and exploded, 5 miles northeast of Wichita, killing the two aircrew, Boeing chief Test Pilot, Doug Heimburger and Test Pilot, Steve Gatti and the two test pilots in B-47 50-007.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/.html www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org B.47.com, Newspapers.com
San Bernardino Sun, CA - 3rd September 1951
Salt Lake Telegram, UT - 3rd September 1951
Joplin Globe, MO - 3rd September 1951
Tampa Tribune, FL - 3rd September 1951
Salma Times Journal, AL - 3rd September 1951
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Jun-2013 08:00 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
26-Aug-2013 03:04 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Registration, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
26-Aug-2013 03:07 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
31-Oct-2017 17:36 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Jul-2020 21:59 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Time, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |