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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: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative: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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