March - March

On October 30, 1981 at 12:00 AM, March - March experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Las Animas Colorado.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley 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 human factor. The crew departed March AFB, California, on a night training flight. In the evening, while cruising at low altitude to simulate an aerial attack, the airplane struck a sand dune then crashed in a huge explosion in a prairie located few miles west of Las Animas. All eight crew members were killed. Crew: Cpt James L. MacGregor, pilot, Cpt Gani Aydoner, copilot, Cpt Clifford R. Duane, 1st/Lt Kendall E. Wallace, Cpt Stanley H. Eddleman, S/A Timothy E. McFarland, A1c Bruce E. Schaefer, A1c David W. Smith.

Aircraft reference details include registration 55-0078, MSN 17194, year of manufacture 1955.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 37.3097°, -104.0591°.