1961 Yuba City B-52 crash

When

14 Mar 1961

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

39.12° N, 121.88° W

Description

aircraft carrying nuclear weapons on patrol became disabled and then ran out of fuel

Deaths

0

Cause

fuel starvation, uncontrolled decompression

Crash of a nuclear-armed U.S. Air Force plane in northern California

On 14 March 1961 an aircraft accident occurred near Yuba City, California. A United States Air Force B-52F-70-BW Stratofortress bomber, AF Serial No. 57-0166, c/n 464155, carrying two nuclear weapons departed from Mather Air Force Base near Sacramento.

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