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| Date: | Saturday 4 January 1964 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Martin NRB-57D Canberra |
| Owner/operator: | US Air Force (USAF) |
| Registration: | 53-3973 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beavercreek, OH -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Re-designated NRB-57D when used in a research program at Wright Patterson AFB, OH.
Came down in a schoolyard after wings failed. Pilot ejected and was injured.
This crash forced the grounding of the entire W/RB-57D Fleet.
THIS RECORD SHOULD BE DELETED as it duplicates another one with the correct date 03.01.64
Sources:
- JF Baugher
Passauer Neue Presse 8 January 1964, p3 (picture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_RB-57D_Canberra
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Aug-2013 17:00 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 23-Aug-2013 17:08 | Uli Elch | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Aug-2013 09:45 | Uli Elch | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2014 16:35 | TB | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2014 16:36 | TB | Updated [Location, ] |
| 12-Nov-2017 16:56 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2025 08:03 | phlamberts | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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