1950 British Columbia B-36 crash

1950 British Columbia B-36 crash

A Convair B-36B from the same 7th Bombardment Wing as the USAF plane involved in the accident.
Accident
Date	13-14 February 1950
Summary	Engine failure
Site	Mount Kologet, British Columbia, Canada 56°1′27.61″N 128°37′11.91″W / 56.0243361°N 128.6199750°W / 56.0243361; -128.6199750
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Convair B-36B
Operator	United States Air Force
Registration	44-92075
Flight origin	Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
Destination	Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth, Texas
Occupants	17
Passengers	1
Crew	16
Fatalities	5
Survivors	12

Sometime after midnight on 14 February 1950, a Convair B-36B, United States Air Force Serial Number 44-92075 assigned to the US 7th Bombardment Wing, Heavy at Carswell Air Force Base in Texas, crashed in northwestern British Columbia on Mount Kologet after jettisoning a Mark 4 nuclear bomb.^[1] This was the first such nuclear weapon loss in history.^[2] The B-36B had been en route from Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Alaska, to Carswell AFB, more than 3,000 miles southeast, on a mission that included a simulated nuclear attack on San Francisco.^[2]