Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 JAN 1968 |
| Time: | ca 09:00 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0026 |
| C/n / msn: | 17771/241 |
| First flight: | 1959-03-12 (8 years 10 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4996 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Minot AFB, ND (MIB) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Minot AFB, ND (MIB/KMIB), United States of America |
| Glasgow International Airport, MT (GGW/KGGW), United States of America |
The KC-135 plane left March AFB where it was stationed, carrying Maj. Gen. Charles M. Eisenhart on a staff visit to Minot AFB (MIB). The next day the flight was to continue to Glasgow, MT (GGW). The airplane overrotated during takeoff in a snowstorm, stalled and crashed.
Events:
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Minot AFB, ND to Glasgow International Airport, MT as the crow flies is 387 km (242 miles).
Distance from Minot AFB, ND to Glasgow International Airport, MT as the crow flies is 387 km (242 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.
