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| Date: | Friday 18 November 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-3605 |
| MSN: | 17354/44 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 17 |
| 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: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) |
The KC-135 tanker landed nose gear first at an excessive sink rate. This punctured the forward body fuel tank causing a fire.
Sources:
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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