Minot - Minot

On January 21, 1969 at 12:00 AM, Minot - Minot experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Minot AFB North Dakota.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff from Minot AFB, while climbing to a height of 200-300 feet, the airplane stalled then crashed in a huge explosion in a field located about a mile away from the airbase. The aircraft was destroyed and all six crew members were killed. Crew: Maj Byron D. Edmonds, pilot, 1st Lt Kenneth A. Kuhn, copilot, Cpt Gerald J. Walla, navigator, Cpt James C. Jiles, radar navigator, Cpt Richard L. Jones, EWO, T/Sgt Lee A. Gunn, gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration 61-0037, MSN 464464, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.4200°, -101.3372°.