ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332614
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1965 |
| Time: | 01:46 |
| Type: |  Boeing C-135A Stratolifter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 60-0373 |
| MSN: | 18148/C05 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P/F-59W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 84 / Occupants: 84 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 5,1 km N of Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ/KNZJ) |
| Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
The C-135 Stratolifter originated at Fort Dix-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI) and was bound for Okinawa, via Santa Ana-El Toro MCAS, CA (NZJ) and Hickam AFB (HIK), Hawaii. Weather was poor at El Toro when the airplane was ready to depart: thick fog and light drizzle. Takeoff was accomplished at night at 01:45 from runway 34R. After takeoff the pilot should have made a prescribed left turn. Instead, the airplane continued straight ahead. It contacted the 1,300-foot Loma Ridge, some 150 feet below the crest. The aircraft broke up and burst into flames.
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