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| Date: | Tuesday 17 May 1966 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1424 |
| MSN: | 17495/104 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3482 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA) |
| Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA) |
Struck the ground during an oscillating unstable approach to land following a four-hour refueling mission.
Sources:
Four crewmen die in crash (Mansfield News Journal, 1966-05-19)
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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