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| Date: | Tuesday 31 March 1959 |
| Time: | 11:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0002 |
| MSN: | 17747/217 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 50 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 14,5 km E of Killeen, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Austin-Bergstrom AFB, TX (KAUS) |
| Austin-Bergstrom AFB, TX (KAUS) |
The Boeing KC-135 departed Bergstrom AFB on a mission to refuel B-52 bombers. In the area of Killeen, TX, the airplane entered a thunderstorm. Two engines separated and one of the engines struck the tail. The airplane lost control and crashed on a cedar-cloaked hillside.
The aircraft had been delivered just 6 weeks prior to the accident.
Sources:
Four men die in military plane crash (The Odessa American, 1959-04-01)
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