Keystone LB-5 crash, May 28, 1927 (1 killed), Reynoldsbur...
Keystone LB-5 accident on May 28, 1927 near Reynoldsburg Ohio, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Propeller blade separated from the hub, causing...
- Date: May 28, 1927
- Aircraft: Keystone LB-5
- Location: Reynoldsburg Ohio, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Propeller blade separated from the hub, causing failure of the right engine
During a local test flight of the first prototype Keystone bomber near Columbus, Ohio, a propeller blade tore loose from the hub and wrecked the right engine. Most of the five man crew, including Major Lewis H. Brereton, bailed out, but the nose gunner was killed. The wreckage burned on the ground.