Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 MAR 1960 |
| Time: | 23:23 |
| Type: | Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-1466 |
| C/n / msn: | 17537/146 |
| First flight: | 1958-09-04 (1 year 6 months) |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX (FWH) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX (FWH), United States of America |
| Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX (FWH), United States of America |
The KC-135 tanker descended below the glide slope while approaching Carswell AFB (FWH) in thick fog. It struck the roof of a state highway department warehouse and hit a power pole. It crashed short of the runway and caught fire.
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Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX to Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX to Fort Worth-Carswell AFB, TX as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
