Hull-loss description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 JUN 1959 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1446 |
| C/n / msn: | 17517/126 |
| First flight: | 1958-07-29 (11 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Roswell-Walker AFB, NM (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
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A spark detonated fuel vapors during ground maintenance
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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.
