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| Date: | Tuesday 22 October 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 61-0301 |
| MSN: | 18208/523 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 75 km from Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ -
 Taiwan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ/RCMQ) |
Flew into the side of a 7300 feet mountain during a night time descent over mountainous terrain.
Sources:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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