Westover - Westover

On January 7, 1971 at 12:00 AM, Westover - Westover experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Charlevoix Michigan.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While conducting a low-level route at night (training mission from Westover AFB), the airplane went out of control and crashed in unknown circumstances into Lake Michigan off Charlevoix, Michigan. Few debris were found but not the wreckage. All nine occupants were killed. Crew: Maj Gerald W. Black, pilot, 1st Lt Dennis Ferguson, copilot, Lt Col John M. Somonfy Jr., navigator, Lt Col William Lemmon, navigator, Cpt John E. Weaver, navigator, Cpt Joel G. Hirsh, navigator, Maj Donald F. Rosseau, EWO, 1st Lt Douglas Bachman, EWO, T/Sgt Jerry M. Achey, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration 54-2666, MSN 17161, year of manufacture 1954.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.2021°, -84.9676°.