Date: | Tuesday 31 January 1989 |
Time: | 12:10 |
Type: | Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 63-7990 |
MSN: | 18607/646 |
Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Abilene-Dyess AFB, TX (DYS) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Abilene-Dyess AFB, TX (DYS/KDYS) |
Destination airport: | Honolulu-Hickam AFB, HI (HIK) |
Narrative:The water-injection system failed during takeoff from Dyess AFB (DYS) runway 16. The airplane barely climbed and the wing clipped a house before the plane crashed. The passengers of the Stratotanker included spouses of military members, retired military members and one child. They were on a non-stop flight to Hawaii with an en route F-16 refueling mission.
Sources:
Air Force jet crashes on takeoff, all 19 aboard dead (Valley Independent, 1989-02-01)
Location
Images:
photo (c) United States Air Force; Abilene-Dyess AFB, TX (DYS); 31 January 1989; (publicdomain)
photo (c) collection Arno Janssen; ?
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