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| Date: | Thursday 7 February 2019 |
| Time: | 16:50 |
| Type: | Boeing E-6B Mercury |
| Owner/operator: | US Navy (USN) |
| Registration: | 164409 |
| MSN: | 24508 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Tinker AFB, OK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Pushback / towing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
While being towed out of a hangar, the fin contacted the hangar roof and the aircraft sustained substantial damage.
*Tail # unconfirmed, likely 164405 or 164409 which neither flew with ADSB enabled until over a year later with 164409 being seen in photos after with a much better conditioned tail than before. Both aircraft were on the ground at Tinker Air Force Base at the time of the incident.
Sources:
https://www.military.com/defensetech/2019/02/12/one-navys-nuclear-war-contingency-aircraft-damaged-hangar-incident.html
Media:
US Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury (a B707 variant) was substantially damaged at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, OK when its upper tailfin struck the roof of a hanger from where it was supposed to be towed out. @CobraBall3 @Team_Tinker pic.twitter.com/7Tqc4KzVOS
— JACDEC (@JacdecNew) February 12, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2019 06:51 | gerard57 | Added |
| 13-Feb-2019 20:58 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jan-2020 18:26 | EverettAviation | Updated [Time, Embed code, ] |
| 10-Feb-2020 12:13 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 28-Jan-2024 11:18 | nhofmann54 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
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