Beale - Beale

On February 8, 1974 at 12:00 AM, Beale - Beale experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Beale 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.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Just after liftoff at Beale AFB, while initial climb, the airplane went out of control and crashed inverted in a huge explosion. A crew member was seriously injured while all others were killed. Few days later, the only survivor died from his injuries. The airplane was engaged in a night training flight when the accident occurred. Crew: Cpt Paul L. Baldy, pilot, Cpt Michael W. Forster, pilot, Lt Neal D. Kaas, copilot, Maj Toney V. Peter, navigator, Cpt Lee F. Knudsen, EWO, Cpt Thomas E. Cannon, navigator, Sgt James M. Troutman, air gunner.

Aircraft reference details include registration 58-0174, MSN 464242, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 39.1085°, -121.3565°.