Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 08 AUG 1962 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 55-3144 |
| Werknummer: | 17260/27 |
| Baujahr: | 1957-10-16 (4 years 10 months) |
| Triebwerk: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 3 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Bedford-Hanscom Field, MA (BED) (USA)
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| Flugphase: | Annäherung (APR) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Dayton-Wright Patterson AFB, OH (FFO/KFFO), USA |
| Bedford-Hanscom Field, MA (BED/KBED), USA |
The KC-135 departed on a flight from Wright Patterson AFB (FFO) to Bedford-Hanscom Field, MA (BED) for modification of test equipment. On approach it clipped the tops of telephone poles and crashed into a boulder.
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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 Dayton-Wright Patterson AFB, OH to Bedford-Hanscom Field, MA as the crow flies is 1099 km (687 miles).
Distance from Dayton-Wright Patterson AFB, OH to Bedford-Hanscom Field, MA as the crow flies is 1099 km (687 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.
