
Détails:
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.
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | samedi 19 décembre 1964 |
| Heure: | 03:30 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter |
| Compagnie: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Immatriculation: | 52-907 |
| Numéro de série: | 16601 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 5 / Ã bord: 5 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 5 / Ã bord: 5 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | de Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT) ( Canada)
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| Phase de vol: | En approche (APR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT/CYJT), Canada |
| Stephenville-Ernest Harmon AFB, NL (YJT/CYJT), Canada |
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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