Date:	Friday 19 December 1969
Time:
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	56-3629
MSN:	17378/68
Year of manufacture:	1958
Total airframe hrs:	6794 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	off Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ) -   Taiwan
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ/RCMQ)
Destination airport:	Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ/RCMQ)

Narrative:
Crashed into the sea during climb out due to extremely low level windshear. The airplane was one of four departing on a refuelling mission over the South China Sea.

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

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