Citation

Budinski MK, McAtee NB. J. Fail. Anal. Prev. 2018; 18(6): 1327-1338.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, ASM International, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s11668-018-0553-y

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

An historic Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress airplane experienced an in-flight fire and emergency landing. The cause of the fire was a due to a fuel leak in the left wing associated with the failure of a repair in the fuel tank. This paper reviews the nature of the fuel tank repair and the cause of the fuel leak.

Language: en

Keywords

Airplane; Fatigue failure; Fuel tank; In-flight fire