Date:	Wednesday 14 September 1977
Time:	23:48
Type:	Boeing EC-135K
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	62-3536
MSN:	18519/587
Year of manufacture:	1963
Total airframe hrs:	7307 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-102
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 20 / Occupants: 20
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	8 km E of Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM (KIKR)
Destination airport:	Las Vegas-Nellis AFB, NV (LSV/KLSV)

Narrative:
Crashed in steep terrain during a night time climb out of Kirtland Air Force Base. The aircraft struck a peak in the Manzano Mountains, about 10 meters below the summit.

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III

photo (c) United States Air Force; 8 km from Albuquerque-Kirtland AFB, NM; September 1977; (publicdomain)

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