44-62164

On April 3, 1952 at 12:00 AM, 44-62164 experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Onaga Kansas.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 10 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 16.7%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

An unexpected situation occurred during a night training mission over Kansas. The captain ordered his crew to bail out and attempted to make an emergency landing when he lost control of the heavy bomber that crashed in a huge explosion in a field located about 5,5 miles west of Onaga. The pilot was killed as well as a second crew member whose parachute failed to open. All ten other crew members were found alive. Those killed were A2c Charles Filittoni, right gunner, and Lt Col Thomas Stanley Robert, pilot.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-62164, MSN 11641, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.4889°, -96.1700°.