Estado: | |
Fecha: | domingo 15 marzo 1981 |
Hora: | 22:45 |
Tipo: | Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball II |
Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registración: | 61-2664 |
Numéro de série: | 18340/C20 |
Año de Construcción: | 1962-03-09 (19 years ) |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 18638 |
Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: / Ocupantes: |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: / Ocupantes: |
Total: | Fatalidades: 6 / Ocupantes: 24 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | Shemya AFB, AK (SYA) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
Naturaleza: | Militar |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Fairbanks-Eielson AFB, AK (EIL/PAEI), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Shemya AFB, AK (SYA/PASY), Estados Unidos de América |
Descripción:Struck the ground at night while on final approach in marginal conditions (turbulence fog, blowing snow, and sleet).
Fuentes:
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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Distance from Fairbanks-Eielson AFB, AK to Shemya AFB, AK as the crow flies is 2527 km (1580 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.