Along with a faulty altimeter, the pilot lost his depth perception from the glare of the lake surface. The crew described the lake as looking like a mirror, with the sun reflecting brightly off the surface. Madison and the crew began a descent and leveled out just over 300 feet (91 m) above the surface of Lake Mead. On 21 July 1948, after completing a run to 30,000 feet (9,100 m), east of Lake Mead, Captain Robert M. The B-29 was a useful test platform as it was the first mass-produced aircraft with a pressurized cockpit, and after World War II there were many surplus B-29s available. The system was known as "Sun Tracker", and to test it a plane capable of high-altitude flight followed by a rapid low-level flight was needed. The purpose of this project was to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile guidance system that used the sun for direction and positioning. In 1947 it was stripped of armaments, re-classified as a reconnaissance B-29 ( F-13), and moved into the Upper Atmosphere Research Project.
B29 cockpit serial number#
On 13 September 1945, “Lake Mead’s B-29,” serial number 45-21847, was put into service. The 1948 Lake Mead Boeing B-29 crash occurred 21 July 1948 when a Boeing B-29-100-BW Superfortress, modified into an F-13 reconnaissance platform and performing atmospheric research, crashed into the waters of Lake Mead, Nevada. Hesler Sgt Frank Rico SSgt David Burns Scientist John Simeroth) An F-13 variant of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, similar to the accident aircraftĬontrolled flight into terrain (CFIT) due to pilot errorĪrmitage Field (now NAWS China Lake), Californiaĥ (Pilot Robert Madison Lt Paul M.
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