Date:	Sunday 26 September 1976
Time:	08:30
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	61-0296
MSN:	18203/518
Year of manufacture:	1962
Total airframe hrs:	6109 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 20
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	20 km SW of Alpena, MI -   United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Sault Ste. Marie-Kincheloe AFB, MI
Destination airport:	Oscoda-Wurtsmith AFB, MI (OSC)

Narrative:
Crash-landed in rugged terrain. The airplane broke up and ended up in a swamp. Possible cabin pressurization problem.
The aircraft operated on a flight from Marquette-Sawyer International Airport, Michigan, USA to Oscoda-Wurtsmith AFB, Michigan with an en route stop at Kincheloe AFB, Michigan.

Lt Col Michael Heberling USAF (Ret)
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
Toledo Blade - Sep 27, 1976

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