Boeing B-52 Stratofortress crashes

11 crashes involving the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress since 1981, with 39 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 11
• Fatal crashes: 7
• Fatalities: 39
• First recorded: October 30, 1981
• Most recent: May 19, 2016

Deadliest

1. December 16, 1982: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Sacramento-Mather, California, USA, United States (9 fatalities)
2. October 30, 1981: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Las Animas, Colorado, USA, United States (8 fatalities)
3. April 11, 1983: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Saint George, Utah, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
4. July 21, 2008: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Guam Island, All Guam Island, Guam (6 fatalities)
5. June 24, 1994: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Fairchild AFB (Spokane), Washington, USA, United States (4 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (8)
• Guam (2)
• British Indian Ocean Territory (1)

Years

• 1982 (2)
• 1988 (2)
• 1981 (1)
• 1983 (1)
• 1984 (1)
• 1991 (1)
• 1994 (1)
• 2008 (1)
• 2016 (1)

All crashes

• May 19, 2016: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Andersen AFB, All Guam Island, Guam (0 fatalities)
• July 21, 2008: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Guam Island, All Guam Island, Guam (6 fatalities)
• June 24, 1994: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Fairchild AFB (Spokane), Washington, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• February 3, 1991: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Diego Garcia AFB, Diego Garcia Atoll, Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory (3 fatalities)
• December 6, 1988: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Kenneth Ingalls Sawyer AFB, Michigan, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• February 11, 1988: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Castle AFB, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 16, 1984: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Hunts Mesa, Arizona, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• April 11, 1983: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Saint George, Utah, USA, United States (7 fatalities)
• December 16, 1982: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Sacramento-Mather, California, USA, United States (9 fatalities)
• November 29, 1982: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Castle AFB, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 30, 1981: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Las Animas, Colorado, USA, United States (8 fatalities)