Boeing B-29 Superfortress crash, Dec 17, 1953 (19 killed)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress accident on December 17, 1953 near Andersen AFB, Guam Island with 19 fatalities. Cause: Pilot turned too steeply into the...
- Date: December 17, 1953
- Aircraft: Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Location: Andersen AFB, Guam Island
- Fatalities: 19
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Pilot turned too steeply into the feathered propeller on the second approach, causing loss of lift and control
A USAF B-29 departed Andersen AFB for Mountain Home via Kwajalein, but lost the number two engine shortly after takeoff and returned. On the second approach the pilot turned too steeply into the feathered propeller, the bomber lost lift and control, and it crashed in a near vertical attitude onto houses short of the runway.