Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 JUN 1958 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-3599 |
| C/n / msn: | 17348/38 |
| First flight: | 1957-12-18 (6 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Springfield-Westover AFB, MA (CEF/KCEF), United States of America |
| Brize Norton RAF Station (BZZ/EGVN), United Kingdom |
Four US Air Force KC-135 tanker planes were attempting to set a world speed record New York-London v.v. Tanker 56-3599 was the third plane to depart. After takeoff the airplane apparently stalled because the crew failed to retract the flaps from 40 to 30 degrees during climbout. It skidded across the Massachusetts Turnpike and disintegrated in flames. The third KC-135 was ready for takeoff at that moment. This flight was cancelled.
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Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Springfield-Westover AFB, MA to Brize Norton RAF Station as the crow flies is 5232 km (3270 miles).
Distance from Springfield-Westover AFB, MA to Brize Norton RAF Station as the crow flies is 5232 km (3270 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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