Date:	Tuesday 31 March 1959
Time:	11:45
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	58-0002
MSN:	17747/217
Year of manufacture:	1959
Total airframe hrs:	50 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	14,5 km E of Killeen, TX -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Austin-Bergstrom AFB, TX (KAUS)
Destination airport:	Austin-Bergstrom AFB, TX (KAUS)

Narrative:
The Boeing KC-135 departed Bergstrom AFB on a mission to refuel B-52 bombers. In the area of Killeen, TX, the airplane entered a thunderstorm. Two engines separated and one of the engines struck the tail. The airplane lost control and crashed on a cedar-cloaked hillside.
The aircraft had been delivered just 6 weeks prior to the accident.

Four men die in military plane crash (The Odessa American, 1959-04-01)

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