Otis - Otis

On April 25, 1967 at 07:05 PM, Otis - Otis experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-121 Super Constellation, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Nantucket Massachusetts.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

16 people were known to be on board, 15 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 93.8%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 12, passenger fatalities: 11, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine airplane departed Otis AFB at 1858LT on a maritime patrol flight. Shortly after takeoff, the crew informed ground about the failure of the engine number three that caught fire and was cleared to divert to Nantucket for an emergency landing. While approaching Nantucket Island, the airplane went out of control and crashed into the sea. A passenger survived while all 15 other occupants were killed. The plane was piloted by Col James P. Lyle Jr., commander of the 551st Airborne Early Warning and Control Wing based at Otis. The survivor was the navigator, Lt Joseph H. Guenet from Montreal, Quebec.

Aircraft reference details include registration 53-0549, MSN 4364, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 41.2844°, -70.0984°.