Davis-Monthan - Davis-Monthan

On August 20, 1953 at 02:05 AM, Davis-Monthan - Davis-Monthan experienced a crash involving Boeing B-50 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Picacho Arizona.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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.

Few minutes after takeoff from Davis-Monthan AFB, while cruising at an altitude of 15,000 feet, the crew encountered an unexpected situation. Immediately, the captain ordered his crew to bail out and all 12 occupants abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a huge explosion on the slope of the Picacho Peak, southeast of Picacho. The airplane disintegrated on impact and debris were found on a wide area. Ten crew members were injured while two others were killed. Crew: Cpt John D. Winters, pilot, 1st Lt William H. Montgomery, copilot, William Reale, flight engineer, Cpt John A. Barnes, navigator, S/Sgt David Fry, radio operator, William P. Cooke, gunner, A1c Richard W. Dickey, gunner A3c Charles R. Stewart, gunner, Cpt Charles D. Bostick, † S/Sgt Herbert G. Emberton, † Cpt Lee F. Aubechon 1.

Aircraft reference details include registration 47-116, MSN 15800, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 32.7162°, -111.4954°.