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| Date: | Friday 19 December 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-3629 |
| MSN: | 17378/68 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6794 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ) -
 Taiwan
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ/RCMQ) |
| Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ/RCMQ) |
Crashed into the sea during climb out due to extremely low level windshear. The airplane was one of four departing on a refuelling mission over the South China Sea.
Sources:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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