ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331944
Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1968 |
Time: | 09:00 |
Type: | Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 58-0026 |
MSN: | 17771/241 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Total airframe hrs: | 4996 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Minot AFB, ND (MIB) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Minot AFB, ND (MIB/KMIB) |
Destination airport: | Glasgow International Airport, MT (GGW/KGGW) |
Narrative: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.
Sources:
Minot, ND Air Force Tanker Crashes On Takeoff, Jan 1968 (gendisasters.com) Location
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