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Date: | Wednesday 5 February 1964 |
Time: | 12:49 |
Type: | Boeing B-47E Stratojet |
Owner/operator: | 380th BWg USAF |
Registration: | 53-1868 |
MSN: | 282 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Plattsburgh AFB (now Plattsburgh International Airport (KPBG) -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Plattsburgh AFB (KPBG) New York |
Destination airport: | Plattsburgh AFB (KPBG) New York |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft took off from Plattsburgh Air Force Base at 09:00 hrs. on a routine training mission. On its return it landed at 12:49 hrs. in a field just short of the runway, skidded onto a taxi way on the airfield where a minor fire broke out in the nose and was quickly extinguished.
The three aircrew, Aircraft Commander, Maj. George H. Byram; Co-pilot, 1st. Lt. Lauro Ontiveros Jr. and Navigator, Capt. Albert B. Stiles, escaped without injury.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/.html www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org B.47.com, Newspapers.com
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jet-Age-Man-Operations-Early-ebook/dp/B00COCM0XW#reader_B00COCM0XW 1960%E2%80%931974)
Oneonta Star 7th February 1964
The Glen Falls Times 6th February 1964
Democrat and Chronicle 6th February 1964
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
01-Mar-2020 18:05 |
Peter Clarke |
Added |
25-Mar-2020 13:38 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
06-Jul-2020 23:03 |
Peter Clarke |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
07-Jul-2020 15:49 |
Xindel XL |
Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |