Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crash, Jan 24, 1961 (3 killed)
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accident on January 24, 1961 near Faro (Goldsboro) North Carolina, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: Fuel leak...
- Date: January 24, 1961
- Aircraft: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Location: Faro (Goldsboro) North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel leak followed by structural failure of the wing and loss of control in a spin, per Wikipedia summary
A Boeing B 52G Stratofortress on a nuclear armed airborne alert mission developed a fuel leak in its right wing and tried to return to Seymour Johnson Air Force Base on 24 January 1961. The wing failed, the bomber broke up and spun, and it crashed at Faro, about twelve miles north of Goldsboro, North Carolina. Three of the eight crew were killed, and neither of the two Mark 39 bombs on board detonated.