Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 25 NOV 1958 |
| Zeit: | 07:27 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Fluggesellschaft: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Kennzeichen: | 56-3598 |
| Werknummer: | 17347/37 |
| Baujahr: | 1957-12-17 (11 months) |
| Triebwerk: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 7 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 0 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 7 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) (USA)
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| Flugphase: | Start (TOF) |
| Betriebsart: | Militär |
| Flug von: | Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ), USA |
| Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ), USA |
Stratotanker 56-3598 took off from Loring AFB (LIZ) at 04:45 in the morning for a training flight. The airplane was performing a touch and go exercise when the No 4 engine. The right wing dipped and the airplane crashed.
Informationsquelle:
» Five Airmen Die As Stratotanker Crashes ( Lima News, 1958-11-25)
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Distance from Limestone-Loring AFB, ME to Limestone-Loring AFB, ME as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
