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| Date: | Monday 10 September 1962 |
| Time: | 11:05 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 60-0352 |
| MSN: | 18127/466 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 303 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 32 km NE of Spokane, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rapid City-Ellsworth AFB, SD (RCA/KRCA) |
| Spokane-Fairchild AFB, WA (SKA/KSKA) |
The KC-135 was descending for Fairchild AFB when it flew into a fog shrouded ravine on the 5271-foot high Mount Kit Carson.
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