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) |
Destination airport: | Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
Narrative: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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