Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crash, Jan 24, 1963 (7 killed)
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accident on January 24, 1963 near Greenville Maine, United States with 7 fatalities. Cause: The vertical stabilizer was torn...
- Date: January 24, 1963
- Aircraft: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Location: Greenville Maine, United States
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The vertical stabilizer was torn off in severe turbulence at low altitude. Boeing later found that turbulence overstressed the rudder connection bolts.
A United States Air Force Boeing Stratofortress bomber lost its vertical stabilizer in turbulence during a low level training flight from Westover AFB and crashed on Elephant Mountain near Greenville, Maine, on 24 January 1963. Seven of the nine crew were killed; the pilot and the navigator survived.