ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235973
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 January 1958 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Boeing B-47B Stratojet |
| Owner/operator: | 321st BWg USAF |
| Registration: | 51-2220 |
| MSN: | 450273 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Pinecastle AFB (KMCO) (McCoy AFB after 07/05/1958), Florida -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pinecastle AFB (KMCO), Orlando, Florida, USA |
| Pinecastle AFB, (KMCO), Florida | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After returning from a ' Round Robin' SAC training mission touch and go landing were practiced, on the final landing the port outrigger undercarriage leg collapsed following a heavy landing , swinging the aircraft to the left off the runway where the port inboard engines were be torn off the wing causing a fire to break out. The 4 aircrew Capt. Alfred L. Broztowski, Aircraft Commander, 1st. Lt. Walter L. Fenstermacher, Co-pilot, Capt. Orville K. Graves, Instructor Navigator and 1st. Lt John H. Hammell, Navigator escaped safely without injury.
Sources:
B.47.com, https://www.joebaugher.com, Newspapers.com
http://www.forgottenjets.warbirdsresourcegroup.org
Orlando Evening Star - 28th January 1958
Orlando Sentinel - 29th January 1958
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2020 07:19 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 11-Jun-2020 08:36 | Digger | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
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