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| Date: | Wednesday 19 September 1979 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0127 |
| MSN: | 17872/342 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8046 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER/KMER) |
| Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER/KMER) |
Crashed during a touch-and-go exercise after a training flight.
Sources:
Spokane Daily Chronicle - Sep 20, 1979
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
Location
Images:
photo (c) Thomas Conner; Merced-Castle AFB, CA (MER); 19 September 1979
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