Narrative:
The KC-135A was practicing night takeoffs and landings at Beale AFB (BAB). During that time cattle strayed through a broken fence from a nearby field and on to the main runway. During one of the touch-ad-goes, the airplane struck a five or six cattle. Takeoff was aborted and the plane overran the runway and caught fire.
Runway excursion
accident date: 28-04-1977
type: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
registration: 58-0101
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 28 April 1977 |
| Time: | 03:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0101 |
| MSN: | 17846/316 |
| First flight: | 1959-08-27 (17 years 8 months) |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7821 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Marysville-Beale AFB, CA (BAB) ( United States of America)
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| Crash site elevation: | 34 m (112 feet) amsl |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Marysville-Beale AFB, CA (BAB/KBAB), United States of America |
| Marysville-Beale AFB, CA (BAB/KBAB), United States of America |
The KC-135A was practicing night takeoffs and landings at Beale AFB (BAB). During that time cattle strayed through a broken fence from a nearby field and on to the main runway. During one of the touch-ad-goes, the airplane struck a five or six cattle. Takeoff was aborted and the plane overran the runway and caught fire.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, IIIPhotos
accident date: 28-04-1977
type: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
registration: 58-0101
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