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| Date: | Tuesday 23 October 1962 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing C-135B Stratolifter |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-4136 |
| MSN: | 18476/C42 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1962 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 150 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Guantánamo NAS (NBW) -
 Cuba
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wrightstown-McGuire AFB, NJ (WRI/KWRI) |
| Guantánamo NAS (NBW/MUGM) |
Stalled and crashed short of runway on final approach.
Sources:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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