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| Date: | Tuesday 25 March 1969 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-3602 |
| MSN: | 17351/41 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3712 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) |
Lost water injection at or near rotation due to frozen water injection surge tube; takeoff aborted and overran. The airplane went down an embankment and broke in two.
Sources:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
Location
Images:
photo (c) Derek Ramlow; Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ); 1969
photo (c) Derek Ramlow; Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ); 1969
photo (c) Derek Ramlow; Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ); 1969
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