ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter 52-907 Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT)

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Status:
Date:	Saturday 19 December 1964
Time:	03:30
Type:	Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter
Operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	52-907
MSN:	16601
First flight:
Crew:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Damaged beyond repair
Location:	off Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT) ( Canada)
Phase:	Approach (APR)
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT/CYJT), Canada
Destination airport:	Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT/CYJT), Canada

Narrative:
The KC-97 air tanker crashed in a small pond near Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB (YJT). The airplane was returning from a routine training mission.
The captain was attempting to abort the tailwind landing. He had landed too far down the runway and had feathered two props during his approach.
It then crashed into the approach lights and settled into the small but 120 feet deep pond.

Sources:

» The Milwaukee Journal - Dec 19, 1964
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher

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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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