Date:	Wednesday 3 February 1960
Time:
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	56-3628
MSN:	17377/67
Year of manufacture:	1958
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Roswell-Walker AFB, NM -   United States of America
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Roswell-Walker AFB, NM
Destination airport:	Roswell-Walker AFB, NM

Narrative:
Crashed while taking off in extremely gusty crosswind conditions. The airplane skidded into two other KC-135 tankers (57-1449 and 57-1457) and a hangar, bursting into flames.
The airplane operated on a training flight. The instructor pilot occupied the jump seat instead of one of the pilot's seats as directed by the commander.

Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III

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