Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 JAN 1969 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: | Boeing RC-135S |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 59-1491 |
| C/n / msn: | 17979/394 |
| First flight: | 1960-06-21 (8 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Shemya AFB, AK (SYA) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shemya AFB, AK (SYA/PASY), United States of America |
| Shemya AFB, AK (SYA/PASY), United States of America |
Boeing RC-135S "Rivet Ball" was returning from a reconnaissance mission when it landed back at Shemya. The plane hydroplaned and slid off the ice covered runway, plunging into a 40 feet ravine.
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Distance from Shemya AFB, AK to Shemya AFB, AK as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Shemya AFB, AK to Shemya AFB, AK as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
