Crash of a Boeing B-50A-10-BO Superfortress in Eielson AFB: 10 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 22, 1948
Operator:
Registration:
46-016
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Eielson - Eielson
MSN:
15736
YOM:
1947
Crew on board:
10
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training sortie at Eielson AFB. In flight, the crew lost control of the aircraft that crashed in a field located six miles southweat of the airbase. All 10 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
It appeared that the congealing of oil in the small-sized tubing of the aircraft's manifold pressure regulator had caused the crash and modified regulators were subsequently installed in all B-50's.
