Fairchild - Fairchild

On October 16, 1984 at 09:00 PM, Fairchild - Fairchild experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Hunts Mesa Arizona.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 28.6%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew departed Fairchild AFB, WA, on a training mission. While cruising by night, the crew encountered an unexpected situation (unknown technical problems) and decided to abandon the aircraft that crashed in a canyon located in Hunts Mesa, about 13 miles northeast of Kayenta, AZ. Two crew members were killed while five others were rescued. The aircraft disintegrated on impact. Crew: Cpt Robert L. Keeney, pilot, Lt Douglas J. Schwartz, copilot, Lt Kenneth O. Portis, navigator, Maj Eugene J. Daspit, radio navigator, Cpt Sean M. Yeronick, EWO, Col William L. Ivy, observer, † Sgt David W. Felix, air gunner. †

Aircraft reference details include registration 57-6479, MSN 464184, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 36.8931°, -110.0718°.