ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328398
| Date: | Friday 8 February 1980 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 60-0338 |
| MSN: | 18113/452 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8015 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P/F-59W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | OT |
| Location: | Plattsburgh AFB, NY (PBG) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
Burned out on ramp following an explosion of the aft body fuel tank during ground refueling operations. A faulty fuel probe was found to be the cause of the explosion.
Sources:
NTSB/AAR-00/03
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