Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 28 AUG 1963 |
| Time: | 12:30 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 61-0319 |
| C/n / msn: | 18226/541 |
| First flight: | 1962-09-06 (12 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 480 km (300 mls) W off Bermuda (Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Homestead AFB, FL (HST/KHST), United States of America |
| Homestead AFB, FL (HST/KHST), United States of America |
Crashed in North Atlantic after refueling B-47s. Mid-air collision with KC-135A 61-0322.
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Distance from Homestead AFB, FL to Homestead AFB, FL as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Homestead AFB, FL to Homestead AFB, FL 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.
