Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 DEC 1969 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-3629 |
| C/n / msn: | 17378/68 |
| First flight: | 1958-03-18 (11 years 9 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6794 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Ching Chuan Kang AB (Taiwan)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ching Chuan Kang AB (RCMQ), Taiwan |
| Ching Chuan Kang AB (RCMQ), Taiwan |
Crashed into the sea during climb out due to extremely low level windshear. The airplane was one of four departing on a refuelling mission over the South China Sea.
Events:
Sources:
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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Distance from Ching Chuan Kang AB to Ching Chuan Kang AB as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Ching Chuan Kang AB to Ching Chuan Kang AB 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.
