Date:	Wednesday 19 September 1979
Time:
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	58-0127
MSN:	17872/342
Year of manufacture:	1959
Total airframe hrs:	8046 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER) -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER/KMER)
Destination airport:	Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER/KMER)

Narrative:
Crashed during a touch-and-go exercise after a training flight.

Spokane Daily Chronicle - Sep 20, 1979
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III

photo (c) Thomas Conner; Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER); 19 September 1979

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