Accident description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAR 1982 |
| Time: | 21:10 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0031 |
| C/n / msn: | 17776/246 |
| First flight: | 1959-03-24 (23 years ) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9249 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 27 / Occupants: 27 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Greenwood, IL (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marquette-Sawyer International Airport, MI (MQT/KSAW), United States of America |
| Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL (ORD/KORD), United States of America |
The airplane crashed following an on board explosion which occurred at FL137. A fuel pump was probably allowed to run dry, causing it to become overheated due to which fuel vapours ignited.
Sources:
» Bangor Daily News - Mar 22, 1982
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Marquette-Sawyer International Airport, MI to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL as the crow flies is 485 km (303 miles).
Distance from Marquette-Sawyer International Airport, MI to Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, IL as the crow flies is 485 km (303 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.
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