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| Date: | Wednesday 7 April 1999 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1418 |
| MSN: | 17489/98 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | CFMI F108-CF-100 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Oklahoma City-Tinker AFB, OK (TIK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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Written off during ground test at Tinker AFB, OK when pressurization test wrecked rear fuselage. At previous maintenance, the pressure relief valves were secured shut and not released afterwards.
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