ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 56-3628 Roswell-Walker AFB, NM
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Date:Wednesday 3 February 1960
Type:Silhouette image of generic K35A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 56-3628
MSN: 17377/67
First flight: 1958-03-14 (1 year 11 months)
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Crew:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Ground casualties:Fatalities: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Roswell-Walker AFB, NM (   United States of America)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Roswell-Walker AFB, NM, United States of America
Destination airport:Roswell-Walker AFB, NM, United States of America
Narrative:
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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