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| Date: | Monday 22 June 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1446 |
| MSN: | 17517/126 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Roswell-Walker AFB, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A spark detonated fuel vapors during ground maintenance
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