Minneapolis - Griffiss

On December 22, 1951 at 12:00 AM, Minneapolis - Griffiss experienced a crash involving Boeing B-29 Superfortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Flushing Michigan.

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, 1 fatalities were recorded, 7 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 12.5%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was performing a training mission from Minneapolis to Griffiss AFB when an engine failed in flight. All eight occupants decided to bail out and abandoned the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in a field located one mile southeast of Flushing, Michigan. Seven crew members were evacuated while the eight occupant died as his parachute failed to open.

Aircraft reference details include registration 44-62215, MSN 11692, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 43.0631°, -83.8511°.