ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker 58-0039 Centenera
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Date:Thursday 3 June 1971
Type:Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 58-0039
MSN: 17784/254
First flight: 1959-04-07 (12 years 2 months)
Total airframe hrs:5406
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P/F-59W
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Centenera (   Spain)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Madrid-Torrejón AFB (TOJ/LETO), Spain
Destination airport:Madrid-Torrejón AFB (TOJ/LETO), Spain
Narrative:
Crashed following in-flight explosion of the no. 1 main fuel tank. Chafing of boost pump wires in conduits was determined to be as a possible ignition source.
The tanker plane was on its way back from a routine refuelling mission over the Mediterranean and crashed at the village of Centenera, 35 km NE of Madrid-Torrejón AFB (TOJ).

Classification:
Fuel tank explosion
Loss of control

Sources:
» NTSB/AAR-00/03
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
» The Telegraph - Jun 4, 1971


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accident date: 03-06-1971
type: Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker
registration: 58-0039
 

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