Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 MAR 1972 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0048 |
| C/n / msn: | 17793/263 |
| First flight: | 1959-04-29 (12 years 11 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX (FWH) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX (FWH), United States of America |
| Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX (FWH), United States of America |
During landing, the right wingtip struck the ground and the airplane crashed and exploded
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX to Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX to Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX 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.
