| Date: | Tuesday 29 October 1957 |
| Time: | 08:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-2711 |
| MSN: | 16742 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-4360-59 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 56 km N of Flagstaff, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Roswell-Walker AFB, NM |
| Roswell-Walker AFB, NM |
The KC-97 departed at 06:30 for a 9-hour, low-level survey flight. Weather was poor and it was determined that the aircraft made a wrong position report. The aircraft was observed flying over the town of Gray Mountain at an altitude of 60 feet, where the cloud ceiling dropped to a few feet above the ground. Seconds later, an explosion was heard as it impacted on a cloud-shrouded mountain.
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