
Détails:
Weather at Valdez Municipal Airport, AK (VDZ) was very poor. Boeing RC-135T, call sign Mary 24, approached the airport for some practice MLS approaches. The first two approaches were uneventful. The third approach was commenced some four miles (6,4 km) north of the prescribed MLS inbound course. The crew descended until the airplane flew into the side of a mountain. The wreckage was not located until August 2, 1985.
The crew had used an approach procedure certified for de Havilland Canada DHC-7, a STOL airplane. The glide slope and missed approach for this airplane are significantly steeper than those for an RC-135 jet.
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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| Date: | lundi 25 février 1985 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing RC-135T Rivet Dandy |
| Compagnie: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Immatriculation: | 55-3121 |
| Numéro de série: | 17237/4 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1957-03-07 (28 years) |
| Heures de vol: | 15072 |
| Moteurs: | 4 Pratt & Whitney TF33-PW-102 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 3 / Ã bord: 3 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / Ã bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 3 / Ã bord: 3 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Valdez Municipal Airport, AK (VDZ) ( Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Fairbanks-Eielson AFB, AK (EIL/PAEI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Fairbanks-Eielson AFB, AK (EIL/PAEI), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
Weather at Valdez Municipal Airport, AK (VDZ) was very poor. Boeing RC-135T, call sign Mary 24, approached the airport for some practice MLS approaches. The first two approaches were uneventful. The third approach was commenced some four miles (6,4 km) north of the prescribed MLS inbound course. The crew descended until the airplane flew into the side of a mountain. The wreckage was not located until August 2, 1985.
The crew had used an approach procedure certified for de Havilland Canada DHC-7, a STOL airplane. The glide slope and missed approach for this airplane are significantly steeper than those for an RC-135 jet.
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