Boeing B-29 Superfortress crash, Dec 22, 1951 (1 killed)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress accident on December 22, 1951 near Flushing Michigan, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The official accident board did...
- Date: December 22, 1951
- Aircraft: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Location: Flushing Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The official accident board did not determine the cause, weighing fuel mismanagement or air in the fuel system, and a later review suggested ice in the fuel strainers.
A TB-29 Superfortress of the 109th Radar Calibration Squadron on a training flight from Minneapolis to Griffiss lost an engine. All eight crew bailed out, and the abandoned aircraft crashed in a field about one mile southeast of Flushing, Michigan.