Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 MAR 1960 |
| Time: | 20:15 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-97F-17-BO Stratofreighter |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 51-0363 |
| C/n / msn: | 16430 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 14 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 70 km E off Cape Canaveral, FL, USA (Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NF (YJT/CYJT), Canada |
| Tampa-Mac Dill AFB, FL (MCF/KMCF), United States of America |
Ditched into the Atlantic in high winds.
Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
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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 Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NF to Tampa-Mac Dill AFB, FL as the crow flies is 3063 km (1915 miles).
Distance from Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NF to Tampa-Mac Dill AFB, FL as the crow flies is 3063 km (1915 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.
