Boeing B-50 Superfortress crash, Aug 13, 1951 (11 killed)
Boeing B-50 Superfortress accident on August 13, 1951 near Seattle-Boeing Field Washington, United States with 11 fatalities. Cause: Engine trouble...
- Date: August 13, 1951
- Aircraft: Boeing B-50 Superfortress
- Location: Seattle-Boeing Field Washington, United States
- Fatalities: 11
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Engine trouble immediately after takeoff
A USAF Boeing B-50D Superfortress (49-0268) on a test flight from Boeing Field, Seattle, lost height after takeoff. Its right wing struck the roof of a brewery and the aircraft crashed into the Lester Apartments in a fire fed by fuel. All six crew and five residents of the building were killed, and eleven other people on the ground were injured.