Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 OCT 1959 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1513 |
| C/n / msn: | 17584/193 |
| First flight: | 1958-12-08 (10 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 2 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Leitchfield, KY (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Columbus AFB, MS (CBM/KCBM), United States of America |
| Columbus AFB, MS (CBM/KCBM), United States of America |
The Boeing Stratotanker collided in mid-air with a Boeing B-52F Stratofortress (57-0036), which was carrying two nuclear bombs. The bomber was being refueled at FL320.
Both aircraft crashed.
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Sources:
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 Columbus AFB, MS to Columbus AFB, MS as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Columbus AFB, MS to Columbus AFB, MS as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
