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| Date: | Friday 28 August 2009 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing E-3C Sentry (707-300) |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 83-0008 |
| MSN: | 22836/962 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1983 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 32 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Las Vegas-Nellis AFB, NV (LSV) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Las Vegas-Nellis AFB, NV (LSV/KLSV) |
| Las Vegas-Nellis AFB, NV (LSV/KLSV) |
A Boeing E-3C Sentry operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) sustained substantial damage in a landing accident at Las Vegas-Nellis AFB, NV (LSV).
The 32-person crew safely evacuated the aircraft.
The aircraft, flown by the 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, OK., was deployed to Nellis for Red Flag exercise 09-5 and was returning from a mission when the nose undercarriage collapsed on landing.
The subsequent fire was extinguished by Nellis emergency response forces.
Sources:
E-3 damaged while landing at Nellis AFB (USAF statement)
Location
Images:
photo (c) USAF System Support Management Office; Las Vegas-Nellis AFB, NV (LSV/KLSV); 28 August 2009; (publicdomain)
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