Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
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| Date: | 01 JUL 1972 |
| Type: | Boeing C-135F |
| Operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | 38743 |
| C/n / msn: | 18682/C004 |
| First flight: | 1964-02-26 (8 years 4 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Hao Island Airport (HOI) (Pacific Ocean)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hao Island Airport (HOI/NTTO), French Polynesia |
| ? |
Lost power on one engine and crashed into the sea. The C-135F was on a weather reconnaissance mission associated with a nuclear test.
Sources:
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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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.
