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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-3628 |
| MSN: | 17377/67 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Roswell-Walker AFB, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Roswell-Walker AFB, NM |
| Roswell-Walker AFB, NM |
Crashed while taking off in extremely gusty crosswind conditions. The airplane skidded into two other KC-135 tankers (57-1449 and 57-1457) and a hangar, bursting into flames.
The airplane operated on a training flight. The instructor pilot occupied the jump seat instead of one of the pilot's seats as directed by the commander.
Sources:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
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