Narrative:
The KC-97G air tanker lost a blade of the no.2 prop on takeoff from Roswell-Walker AFB. The blade slashed through the fuselage and hit the refueling tanks. The aircraft rolled into the ground and was totally destroyed.
Loss of control
» Passauer Neue Presse 28 June 1956, p2
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 26 June 1956 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 52-2700 |
| MSN: | 16731 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Roswell-Walker AFB, NM ( United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Roswell-Walker AFB, NM, United States of America |
| ? |
The KC-97G air tanker lost a blade of the no.2 prop on takeoff from Roswell-Walker AFB. The blade slashed through the fuselage and hit the refueling tanks. The aircraft rolled into the ground and was totally destroyed.
Classification:
Prop/turbine blade separationLoss of control
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher» Passauer Neue Presse 28 June 1956, p2
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