Seymour Johnson - Seymour Johnson

On September 3, 1975 at 12:00 AM, Seymour Johnson - Seymour Johnson experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Aiken South Carolina.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 4 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 42.9%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Seymour Johnson for a routine training mission. While cruising at an altitude of 28,000 feet, a structural failure occurred in the right wing that partially detached and struck the horizontal stabilizer. Out of control, the airplane entered a dive and four of the seven crew members were able to eject and were later found alive. The aircraft crashed between Aiken and Williston and disintegrated. Debris scattered on a wide area and three crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt James A. Perry, Cpt Donald Exum, Cpt Gregory A. Watts, 2nd Lt Hector M. Marquez, Sgt Ricky K. Griffith, † 1st Lt Melvin M. Bewley, † 1st Lt Grady E. Rudolph. †

Aircraft reference details include registration 57-6493, MSN 464198, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.5733°, -81.7705°.