ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 57-1424 Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA)
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Date:Tuesday 17 May 1966
Time:21:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic K35A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 57-1424
MSN: 17495/104
First flight: 1958-06-11 (7 years 11 months)
Total airframe hrs:3482
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Total:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA) (   United States of America)
Crash site elevation: 1099 m (3606 feet) amsl
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA), United States of America
Destination airport:Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA), United States of America
Narrative:
Struck the ground during an oscillating unstable approach to land following a four-hour refueling mission.

Sources:
» Four crewmen die in crash (Mansfield News Journal, 1966-05-19)
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III


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