Pease - Pease

On July 22, 1959 at 02:00 AM, Pease - Pease experienced a crash involving Boeing KC-97 Stratotanker, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Andover New Hampshire.

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

7 people were known to be on board, 7 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 7, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a refuelling training mission out from Pease AFB, New Hampshire. While flying by night at an altitude of 15,000 feet, the airplane bank left, went into a dive and eventually crashed in a field located 1,3 mile south of Andover. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all seven crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt James White, pilot, 1st Lt Dean Holzworth, copilot, 1st Lt Harold High, navigator, T/Sgt Owen Combs, flight engineer, T/Sgt Jake Schmidt, boom operator, T/Sgt Marion Ackermand, Scanner A3c Phillip Darst, scanner. Source: http://andoverbeacon.com/index.php/12064/site-of-1959-plane-crash-receives-an-american-flag/

Aircraft reference details include registration 52-2703, MSN 16734, year of manufacture 1952.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.4367°, -71.8197°.