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| Date: | Thursday 16 February 1956 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing B-52B-30-BO Stratofortress |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 53-0384 |
| MSN: | 16863 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tracy, CA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Suffered an explosion of an electrical power panel located on the alternator deck blowing off the cover and causing a fire. The cover jammed the regulator valve of the left hand forward alternator disabling the over speed protection and resulting in an over speed failure.
Sources:
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1953.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20171101061754/http://www.ejection-history.org.uk:80/aircraft_by_type/b52_stratofortress.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2008 10:15 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Oct-2009 14:53 | JINX | Updated |
| 25-Oct-2009 22:01 | JINX | Updated |
| 26-Oct-2009 11:07 | JINX | Updated |
| 12-Sep-2011 00:28 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-Feb-2013 15:13 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Aug-2013 08:10 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Jan-2019 15:02 | wf | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
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