Seattle - Seattle

On February 18, 1943 at 12:26 PM, Seattle - Seattle experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by Boeing Airplane Company, with the event recorded near Seattle Washington.

The flight was categorized as test and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

11 people were known to be on board, 34 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 309.1%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 11, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 23.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a test flight on this second prototype. Ten minutes after departure from Seattle-Boeing Field, the crew informed ATC that engine number one caught fire and attempted to return. At an altitude of 2,400 feet, pilot feathered the propeller and notified ATC that the fire was spreading quickly. One minute later, as it was about to land, the bomber struck a power line and crashed on an industrial butchery. Extensive emergency resources were dispatched to the scene where rescuers did not find any survivors among the debris scattered over a wide area. The building was destroyed as well and 34 dead bodies were found: all 11 occupants on board the airplane and 23 people on ground. Thirty others people were injured as well. Crew: Eddie Allen, Chief test pilot by Boeing, Bob Dansfield, captain.

Aircraft reference details include registration 41-003, MSN 2482, year of manufacture 1941.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.6038°, -122.3301°.