March - March

On October 19, 1978 at 07:30 AM, March - March experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near March 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, 5 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.3%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Shortly after takeoff from March AFB, while on a local training mission, the airplane went out of control and crashed in a huge explosion about 2,5 miles southeast from the airfield. A crew member was seriously injured while five others were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 56-0594, MSN 17277, year of manufacture 1956.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 33.9005°, -117.2563°.