Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crash, Dec 6, 1988, Kenneth In...
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress accident on December 6, 1988 near Kenneth Ingalls Sawyer AFB, Michigan, United States with no fatalities. Cause: An...
- Date: December 6, 1988
- Aircraft: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Location: Kenneth Ingalls Sawyer AFB, Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: An overheated fuel pump ignited an explosion in the aft fuel tank.
B-52H 60-0040 of the 410th Bomb Wing was on a local training mission from K I Sawyer Air Force Base in Michigan on 6 December 1988. After several touch and go landings an explosion in the aft fuel tank during a takeoff attempt separated the tail, and the bomber slid about 3,000 feet down the runway in several pieces. All eight crew members survived.