Goose Bay – Davis-Monthan

On September 22, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Goose Bay – Davis-Monthan experienced a crash involving Boeing B-50 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Goose Bay Newfoundland & Labrador.

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

16 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 16 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 16, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. One hour after departure from Goose Bay bound for Davis-Monthan AFB, the carburetor of the engine number 2 suffered icing and the engine failed. The captain decided to return to Goose Bay for a safe landing when the same engine caught fire shortly later. As the crew was trying to extinguish the fire, the engine number four caught fire as well. In such conditions, the captain ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft. After all 16 crew members bailed out, the aircraft continued a while to the east and eventually crashed in a wooded area located about 94 miles east of Goose Bay. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 16 occupants were later rescued and evacuated.

Aircraft reference details include registration 47-105, MSN 15789, year of manufacture 1947.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.3653°, -53.3808°.