| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 08, 1958 |
| Time: | 1920 |
| Location: | Near Fairchild AFB, Washington |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force / U.S. Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Training |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-52 / Boeing B-52 |
| Registration: | 56-661 / 56-681 |
| cn / ln: | 464033 / 464052 |
| Aboard: | 16 (passengers:0 crew:16) |
| Fatalities: | 13 (passengers:0 crew:13) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | In VFR conditions the two Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers approached the same runway at the same time. The two aircraft rammed into each other 900 feet above the ground and crashed. Eight out of 9 aboard 56-661 were killed. Five out of 7 aboard 56-681 were killed. Operator error, in that the pilots of both aircraft failed to maintain safe separation during VFR conditions. |
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