Castle - Castle

On October 9, 1969 at 11:45 PM, Castle - Castle experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Castle AFB California.

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 crew was engaged in a local training flight at Castle AFB, completing touch and go manoeuvres. Shortly after takeoff, while in initial climb, the airplane pitch up. The tail stalled and the airplane crashed onto the runway. All six crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt Richard F. Beattie, pilot, Maj Boyd P. Beyer, navigator, Maj Doyal L. Keller, navigator, Cpt Wilber D. Wright, student, 1st Lt Frank D. Harriman, student, 2nd Lt Steven D. Lack, student.

Aircraft reference details include registration 57-0172, MSN 464161, year of manufacture 1957.