The plane was set to land at Karaj’s Payam Airport but the pilot mistook it for the adjacent Fath airfield, which is not suited to servicing cargo aircraft.Consequently, the pilot lost control of the plane, ran out of runway, and hit the walls separating the airfield from neighboring residential areas.Later in the day, Iran confirmed that the military was in charge of the plane. First to reach the scene was a detachment of sailors with fire-fighting equipment from the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station, six miles south of Oso. Baum then initiated another Dutch Roll in which the aircraft's angle-of-bank reached from 40 to 60 degrees. According to media reports, some 16 people were on board the aircraft that was flying from the city of Bishkek. An examination revealed the three power plants, with major portions of their pylons still attached, had been wrenched from the wings during the exceptionally violent Dutch Roll maneuver. Baum quickly took the controls and restored the aircraft to level flight, but three of the plane's four jet engines had been torn away during the uncontrolled gyrations. Local media revealed more details of the crash, saying it happened after the crew had attempted to land at the wrong airport.As the search and rescue operation continues, all fifteen bodies have been retrieved from the crash site. While Anton stood watch, Ada Ostler hastened to the farmhouse and telephoned the Snohomish County Sheriff's Department. On October 19, 1959, four crew members are killed and four passengers are injured when a new Boeing 707 jet transport on a demonstration flight for Braniff International Airways crash-lands in the North Fork Stillaguamish River near the small community of Oso, 12 miles northeast of Arlington in Snohomish County. While Anton stood watch, Ada Ostler hastened to the farmhouse and telephoned the Snohomish County Sheriff's Department. Local authorities immediately sent a medevac helicopter and ambulances to the crash site. No training advantage could be gained by conducting these maneuvers at the extreme angles of bank reached.
One person is believed to have survived the crash, … Stokes Mortuary of Renton sent the remains of Flight Engineer Hagen to Savannah, Georgia, for burial.The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) was notified of the accident at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, October 19, 1959, and immediately initiated an investigation. In its press release, the CAB said it could find "no valid reason for Mr. Baum's initiating the final Dutch Roll so violently. In addition to the normal crew complement, a check pilot was on the aircraft for the purpose of carrying out a route check on the pilot-in-command. Although badly damaged, the empennage (rear section) of the airplane remained intact, and its four occupants survived the mishap without serious injuries. The flight recorder, marking time, altitude, attitude, air speed, course, and vertical-gravity forces, was recovered from the wreckage. None showed evidence of fire or malfunction prior to impact with the ground.The Bonnie-Watson Mortuary of Seattle shipped the remains of the two Braniff Airways pilots to their families in Dallas, Texas, for funeral services and interment. There are no immediate reports on casualties.The Boeing 707, a four-engine, narrow-body jet, entered service back in 1957. Due to its range of 4,630 to 10,650km (2,880 to 6,620 miles) it … A second engine was found one-half mile beyond that in the same direction.
The airplane departed from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, carrying cargo and 16 people, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency.
Photo measures 9.25 x 7inches. Baum then slowed the aircraft to 155 knots and lowered the flaps 40 degrees and had Captain Berke make a series of recoveries from this configuration. According to the CAB Aircraft Accident Report, the crash was caused by "an unintentional rolling maneuver at an altitude too low to permit a complete recovery" ("Accident Investigation Report").Russell Harry Baum, (1927-1959), age 32, Boeing test pilot/flight instructor