Date:	Tuesday 31 January 1989
Time:	12:10
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	63-7990
MSN:	18607/646
Year of manufacture:	1963
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Abilene-Dyess AFB, TX (DYS) -   United States of America
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Abilene-Dyess AFB, TX (DYS/KDYS)
Destination airport:	Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK)

Narrative:
The water-injection system failed during takeoff from Dyess AFB (DYS) runway 16. The airplane barely climbed and the wing clipped a house before the plane crashed. The passengers of the Stratotanker included spouses of military members, retired military members and one child. They were on a non-stop flight to Hawaii with an en route F-16 refueling mission.

Air Force jet crashes on takeoff, all 19 aboard dead (Valley Independent, 1989-02-01)

photo (c) United States Air Force; Abilene-Dyess AFB, TX (DYS); 31 January 1989; (publicdomain)

photo (c) collection Arno Janssen; ?

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