Flugunfall 30 JUL 1968 einer Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 56-3655 - Red Buff, CA
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Datum:Dienstag 30 Juli 1968
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic K35A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Fluggesellschaft:United States Air Force - USAF
Kennzeichen: 56-3655
Werknummer: 17404/94
Baujahr: 1958-04-25 (10 years 3 months)
Betriebsstunden:6089
Triebwerk: 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 9 / Insassen: 9
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 9 / Insassen: 9
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:56 km (35 Meilen) E of Red Buff, CA (   USA)
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Militär
Flug von:Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER/KMER), USA
Flug nach:Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER/KMER), USA
Unfallbericht:
The KC-135 departed Castle AFB (MER) on a refueling training mission. The crew was conducting a practice emergency descent from FL390 to FL230. After a sharp turn the vertical stabilizer separated and the airplane crashed in a timberland forest on Mount Lassen.

Informationsquelle:
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III


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