Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 SEP 1962 |
| Time: | 11:05 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 60-0352 |
| C/n / msn: | 18127/466 |
| First flight: | 1961-05-03 (1 year 4 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 303 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 32 km (20 mls) NE of Spokane, WA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD (RCA), United States of America |
| Spokane-Fairchild AFB, WA (SKA/KSKA), United States of America |
The KC-135 was descending for Fairchild AFB when it flew into a fog shrouded ravine on the 5271-foot high Mount Kit Carson.
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Distance from Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD to Spokane-Fairchild AFB, WA as the crow flies is 1180 km (738 miles).
Distance from Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD to Spokane-Fairchild AFB, WA as the crow flies is 1180 km (738 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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