Has there ever been a plane that suffered such a catastrophic structural failure in mid-flight that did *not* simply fall out of the sky, other than this one? Baum was an idiot, but all the other pilots did a great job to recover from that. A shame that they couldn't all survive.

We used to have to practice this when I first started as captain on the 727. Don't remember doing it on the 75/76/or the 777. It was always recoverable as long as you didn't get ham fisted. There could have been a bit of "hold my beer and watch this" stuff going on an acceptance flight as well. A big ouch for all involved.

This accident led to Boeing enlarging the vertical stabilizer, and caused the British to insist on extra redundancy with a ventral fin to give an extra margin of control at lower speeds. The Braniff crash was significant.

Revised the training syllabus to: don’t be an a-hole. RIP to the cockpit occupants 🙏

Great job. The 707 was a beautiful aircraft. My 1st airliner ride and it was on Braniff. My paternal grandparents were close friends with the T.E. Braniff family. Loved the old livery.

In case there are others watching who do not know what a Dutch roll is. Here is the definition: Dutch roll is a series of out-of-phase turns, when the aircraft rolls in one direction and yaws in the other. Its name comes from the motion of a classic Dutch skating technique.

I was a Boeing firefighter/EMT from early 80's thru mid 90s. This crash and the aftermath was a training film that we would watch from time to time ( with several others ) , very strange to see at least part of it again after 20 years! Nice job on the video! 😊

So much for a training flight! They’d have been better to allow the two Braniff captains, each with over 20,000 flying hours to train themselves. Neither would’ve rolled the aircraft so violently that they tore the engines off it!

Sounds like a case of a nascent 32 year old Baum, the hotshot young pilot, gonna show the 'old dogs' some tricks ! And that EGO got him killed / others injured / plane destroyed, sad to say !

Surprisingly, this wasn’t the only test flight of a 707 that crashed. American lost two 707s on Long Island two years apart. The transition from the standard prop aircraft to new jet aircraft was a culture shock, I’m sure.

Wow- way to destroy a brand new perfectly serviceable aircraft and kill some folk in the process. I am glad all those in the tail did survive but this was a truly needless accident caused by carelessness and ignoring the bank angle limitations.

There are old pilots and there are bold pilots but there aren't any old bold pilots...RIP.

Flew on several Braniff flights years ago. Flew on them as a kid and they gave me a deck of Braniff playing cards that I had for several years. That was when the livery was the aircraft being painted one solid color. Guess this was earlier livery. But yeah, no valid reason for Baum to put the aircraft into such a severe roll. It's the job of the instructor pilot to ensure the flight goes by the book, not to cowboy ride. Then again, many moons back I was taking flight lessons. Was trying out a new school given I was on the road and just wanted to build some hours. Me and instructor get to training altitude in a C-152 and the instructor asks "You ever been inverted in a 152?" Me: "Uh, no I didn't...." Instructor proceeds to barrel roll the thing. I never took a second lesson there.

I grew up in Seattle, my dad worked there starting in 65 and many friends had family that worked there. I NEVER heard of this incident until now. I worked at Boeing for 10 years and never heard of it either.

That has to be the most alarming visual report ever.

I've stood on the exact spot the tail came to rest. Did some limited research about this accident a few years ago as it was only a few miles from where I was currently living. Went exploring with a metal detector and came up empty. My FIL's mother remembers the crash scene pretty vividly as she was in her teens in the late 50's early 60's.

Was born, raised, and lived the first 22 years of my life in the city of Arlington, WA, situated where the North and South Forks of the Stillaguamish river converge into one. I have been up and down the river millions of times, seen plenty a leftover car wreck from when SR530 followed the edge of the cliff above the river, and explored many ruins of old logging camps or bridge crossings to long forgotten railroads. First time I’ve ever heard that a friggin plane crashed in the Stilly. Thanks for teaching me something new!

Had learned about this crash while checking out the crash of an F-102 into Mountlake Terrace, WA during the opening of the World's fair in 1962 after the pilot had a malfunction, ejected over Lake Forest Park expecting the jet go into Lk Washington but it continued nw and crashed into several homes and a couple on the ground.

My dad worked with the FAA inspector, Bill Huebner, while they were on assignment with the FAA in Frankfurt, Germany in 1971-1975. I was there with my dad and our family and I also knew Bill. I never knew about this incident until I came across your video so thank you so much Allec for creating and posting it, you did an excellent job!

I always enjoy the detail and background of each episode as well as the historical photos.

This is absolutely heartbreaking. What was Baum thinking?? RIP those who lost their lives.❤️

Interesting that news reports at the time hailed Baum a hero.. "A veteran Boeing test pilot today was credited with saving the lives of four of eight persons aboard a 707-220 which crashed and burned on a river sand bar 40 miles north of here Monday. Four survived the fiery crash of the sleek jet liner because Russell H. Baum, 32. Bellevue, Wash., gave his life in the emergency landing. "

Another sad but exceptionally interesting video Allec! The beauty of your videos bring me back every time you post. Thank you!

If I remember correctly, I remember reading about Boeings Chief Test pilot doing a barrel roll on a B707 in order to sell the Aircraft against the competing DC8. His name was Alvin Tex Johnson. Maybe the test pilot was writing checks this aircraft couldn’t cash. His over confidence took the life’s of several people.

The rarest variant of the 707.

Engineering limits are set for a reason. "KISS" Sadly they are even today repeatedly tested at times it turn out very badly.

I am old enough to remember this airline. This was an interesting video. Very well explained and visualized. Great work Allec!! Hope all is going well for you!! 💕✈✈💕🙏🙏

Whenever I see the name Braniff, I’m always reminded of the end of the credits for South Park.

Training accidents were fairly common in the early 60s before advanced full motion simulators were introduced. I think if you look, you will find many more. I remember flying to Blythe, CA in my Cessna 150 and seeing TWA and CAL 707s practicing engine out takeoffs and landings. This included failing two engines on one side right at V1, a very tricky maneuver.

Imagine looking out from the cabin and seeing three engines missing from your aircraft…

Senseless accident. 😢 WTH was he thinking???

Either too much faith in aircraft’s ability or too much faith in his own ability. Superb recreation but depressing to watch.

Where did the engines land? I used to live at an Air Force base as a child and always wondered what would happen if things fell off as they flew over.

My first jet flight was on Pan American 707, in 1968. It was a solid flying bird, in my 5- year old mind.

As a decendant of the Braniff brothers, it's cool to see my families airline finally being featured in these videos, it be cool to see the plane crash that killed Thomas Elmer Braniff in 1954

I lived right behind Symack in Texas as a kid .He told us about the crash and had the seat belt and buckle mounted on a plaque over their fireplace. He was a great guy and had a beautiful family . I'm not sure if he is still here.

Thank you Kuya Allec Ebay for another wonderful video. I remember Braniff Airline commercials as being non descript and short. Never flew on Braniff. I don't remember this accident nor when the Braniff name disappeared. Sad set of circumstances 😢. Blessings to all aviation fanatics. Blessings Kuya Allec as you complete your flight training.

I recall a very brief explanation of what was known of this accident: IMPROPER PROCEDURES/ LOSS OF CONTROL/SEPARATION OF THREE ENGINES. There was little public reaction as most shrugged it off and a replacement aircraft needed was built for Braniff only used on South American routes. Braniff only used Boeing 720s for domestic Idlewild and O'Hare routes from Texas.

Great job yet again, Allec.

Wonderful Allec and thank you.

Reminds me of the day when BRANIFF was considered an acronym for -Barely Running And Never In Full Flight. Sad about the loss of life - RIP.

Who puts a cowboy like Baum at the controls, ever??? Nice video Allec.

This accident is the first time I have ever seen a plane have an upset and just manages to get out of it, but make a force landing in the forest. Also could you do Yemenia 626 and Air Arabia 111. One more thing, why did the front of the plane get destroyed but the tail survive?

Great memories 707 from N.Y to Puerto Rico 🇵🇷. Beautiful bird. Sad.rip Amen 🙏.

The pilot knew the limitations but still went beyond them, why? I guess some accidents will always leave unanswered questions.

Thanks Allec was not aware of this accident keep up the great work

If you'll forgive me for nit-picking; the 707, and as shown N7071 have/had turbo-jets. The in-flight sound simulation should not have reduction gear growl; but rather a robust roar bordering on a scream. Over-all, I love your videos, just happened to notice on this one. Keep up the good work.

That crazy pilot seemed bent on destroying that plane and the others on board.

Alternate title: "How cowboy-pilot trashed brand new aircraft".

KZfaq. This is a great channel. Stop trying to kill it. 🤷‍♂️

Wow! That was unexpected!

Its like he was hotdogging, and or wanted to kill then both

Glad we trained the dangerous maneuvers in simulators by the time my career began

Did they ever find the engines that were ripped off?

BN ordered five 220 models, but never replaced the one that crashed. They were the only airline that bought the 220.

Love that 1959 Braniff Livery. Take screenshots ? Pictures of these early beautiful 707s On the runway with support vehicles at 8:10 By itself on runway 8:38 In flight, black & white 9:10 Click the blue timestamps it takes you there 😂

Late to the sow, but anyway: To correct a dutch roll _never ever_ use the aileron but gentle rudder inputs instead. For a Boeing test pilot to do such a ham fisted thing as described here is to me almost incomprehensible... Thanks Allec for another very instructive and very well done video! Charles ATPL ret.

“Well if Tex can do a Barrel Roll, then I can do a Dutch Roll!”

i recently read an excellent article about the making of Dr. Strangelove (or how i quit worrying and learned to love the bomb) and there was mention of an insane test pilot who successfully rolled a 707. it might have been in 'the atlantic' where i read that

I suddenly want a cinnamon roll...

In the book "Growing Up Boeing", Rebecca Wallick (daughter of Boeing test pilot Lew Wallick) has an in-depth account of this accident and how Baum didn't like to play by the rules.

Always loves the B707, I sat Rt seat in a B720, in the BRITISH SYSTEM, but I was kissed off with a medical, pissed off was mild, I had to surrender my license OUCH ! Took up a trade instead. eventually in USA I got a PPL, , CHERIO 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Every now and then you get an incident where test pilots appear to forget that it's possible for the plane to fail the test.

It is not usual to see a crash were the responsibility is so clear and lies in just one person: Baum. He was even warned before the fatal test. And the crash conclusion barely changed anything, since the limitations were clear.

Good morning to all from SE Louisiana 17 Jun 22.

Planes don’t kill people, pilots do.

Great video. I hadn't heard of this crash previously. I find it unbelievable that this test pilot was flying recklessly and dangerously with a member of the FAA aboard, and with experienced crew members. Totally unnecessarily killed innocent people. Regards. Derek C.

Bubba, hold my beer. Lets see if i can rip the engines off this plane.

I remember my dad talking about this...he was an aeronautical engineer.

I bet they were not using the rudders at all to recover from a steep dutch roll and used full aileron instead and he stalled it from lack of coordination. Seen many commercial jet pilots with weak rudder use. Most jet pilots cant recover safely from a spin after they produced it. Just like here. After stalling it and nose went down, they pulled too much elevator and exceeded the 6 G's limitations via Panic Pull. That ripped off the engines. Im a CFI.

Red flag right off the bat. Boeing captain was thirty-two, with a whopping five thousand hours. Fifty-eight seconds in I smell trouble.

It’s funny as in the piston pilot world, the Dutch roll is a incorrectly named maneuver known properly as a coordination exercise . Dutch roll is primarily a swept wing instability. If your plane doesn’t have swept wings, it’s not a Dutch roll.

Reason it was called Ripped Apart: 7:04 The back if the plane is ripped apart

So many of these early jet crashes were due to a lack of knowledge of the handling of swept wing jet aircraft. When you see the trainee captain had in excess of 23,000 hours you can just about guarantee that it was all on piston engine straight wing aircraft whose handling characteristics are monumentally different to the first generation jet transports.

Anybody want any Dutch Rolls? Fresh out of the oven.

What was going through the pilot's mind to do a 60% role.

I wonder why they didn't have everyone _except_ the pilot to the back? The person in the flight engineer seat didn't have to be there... at that point, they were so close to landing, there was nothing they could have done. Same could be argued for the co-pilot, but I don't know how hard it was to control in the final moments.

I only flew in a 707 once (as a passenger). Transatlantic flight JFK to LHR in 1980. Seemed like a great plane but a little noisy.

That’s a really beautiful aircraft. Gorgeous lines. Too bad the instructor pilot was a show off.

@1:20, what are all those switches, etc, on the LR cockpit wall? Never seen anything like that in an actual 707.

I flew the 707 in 60s from Europe to JFK airport,still around today,

I have a couple of questions regarding this flight and eventual crash. In 1959 did airplanes have voice cockpit and flight recorders? How was the information obtained on what was going on in the cockpit if the recorders weren't put in yet. Why would a co-pilot do such dangerous stunt's and the pilot not doing anything about it. I think the video said there were 10 people on board but I'm not sure how many survived ? Rest in peace 🕊️ to all that perished on this plane.

Admittedly the jet age did get off to a rocky start. Sometimes it was bugs in the plane and sometimes pilots never transitioned from piston engines to jets very well. In this case I felt it was plain stupid to try and exceed the jet's limits.

Allec, When will you do more Music Videos????

Am I the only one who reads the general information text in my head with voice of Jonathan Ares (ACI Narrator)?

I realize that the pilot exceeded limitations, but wondering if boeing beefed up the engine mounts anyway, hope so

Short Man Syndrome. Pretty amazing they stayed aloft for as long as they did,

What was wrong with the chief test pilot? This guy showed a lack of making good judgment calls and caused the aircraft to crash. At least not everyone died.

Very good

So in the instance of ditching, survivability is greatest if you're in the back of the plane? Good to know

“Whaddiya say guys, impromptu air show?”

"Lemme show you what these new jets can do!"

Baum with his 5K hours wanted to impress his superiors. That didn't work out very well...

Allec💯❤️

Ego. It's deadly.

Yet again, another needless aviation tragedy due to pilot error.

A customer guarantee and acceptance training flight. If this is how they test cars no wonder they fall apart so fast. 🤨

I think showing off with your "product" is sketchy at best. Are Pilots qualified on simulators when flying an unfamiliar aircraft?

I guess the plane was not accepted by Braniff?

Well airline pilots in my book are heroes whether or not they encounter any emergencies in their careers. Not sure why the pilot who crashed the 707 didn't respect the design limits of the plane. I miss open doors to the flight decks and the pilots standing outside the flight decks with hats on graciously bidding farewell to the pax while deplanning.