Hull-loss description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
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| Date: | 11 JAN 1990 |
| Time: | 10:30 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 59-1494 |
| C/n / msn: | 17982/397 |
| First flight: | 1960-07-06 (29 years 7 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Portsmouth-Pease AFB, NH (PSM) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Two maintenance workers were doing maintenance work on the fuel cells inside the KC-135 tanker when a fire broke out. Both engineers escaped.
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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.
