Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crash, Mar 29, 1957 (2 killed)
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accident on March 29, 1957 near Skiatook Oklahoma, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: Loss of AC electrical power...
- Date: March 29, 1957
- Aircraft: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Location: Skiatook Oklahoma, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of AC electrical power during negative G flight, traced to a defective constant speed drive.
A Boeing test aircraft flying from Wichita crashed near Skiatook, Oklahoma, on 29 March 1957. It lost AC electrical power during negative G flight and went out of control. Two of the four crew were killed.