Barksdale - Barksdale

On December 17, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Barksdale - Barksdale experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Barksdale AFB Louisiana.

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

13 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 30.8%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

Following an uneventful training mission, the crew was returning to his base in Barksdale and completed the approach by night. On final, the heavy bomber hit the roof of a house and crashed onto it about 1,2 mile short of runway 15. Four crew members were killed while nine others were injured. The couple who was sleeping in the house at the time of the accident was evacuated safely.

Aircraft reference details include registration 45-21745, MSN 13639, year of manufacture 1945.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 32.4975°, -93.6108°.