Walker - Walker

On October 29, 1957 at 08:30 AM, Walker - Walker experienced a crash involving Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Gray Mountain Arizona.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 16 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 12, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew left Walker AFB at 0630LT for a nine hours training mission consisting of a low level survey flight. After it overflew the small town of Gray Mountain at a height of about 60 feet in marginal weather conditions, the four engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain and crashed about 35 miles of Flagstaff. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 16 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was limited due to low clouds.

Aircraft reference details include registration 52-2711, MSN 16733, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 35.7458°, -111.4735°.