Last updated: 30 November 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1968 |
| Time: | ca 09:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0026 |
| MSN: | 17771/241 |
| First flight: | 1959-03-12 (8 years 10 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4996 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Minot AFB, ND (MIB) ( United States of America)
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| Crash site elevation: | 508 m (1667 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Minot AFB, ND (MIB/KMIB), United States of America |
| Glasgow International Airport, MT (GGW/KGGW), United States of America |
The KC-135 plane left March AFB where it was stationed, carrying Maj. Gen. Charles M. Eisenhart on a staff visit to Minot AFB (MIB). The next day the flight was to continue to Glasgow, MT (GGW). The airplane overrotated during takeoff in a snowstorm, stalled and crashed. It came down about 18 meters to the right of and about three-quarters of the way down the 15,000-foot long runway.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Minot, ND Air Force Tanker Crashes On Takeoff, Jan 1968 (gendisasters.com)Photos
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Minot AFB, ND to Glasgow International Airport, MT as the crow flies is 387 km (242 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Minot AFB, ND to Glasgow International Airport, MT as the crow flies is 387 km (242 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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.
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