ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 56-3605 Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ)
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Date:Friday 18 November 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: 56-3605
MSN: 17354/44
First flight: 1958-01-09 (2 years 10 months)
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) (   United States of America)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ), United States of America
Narrative:
The KC-135 tanker landed nose gear first at an excessive sink rate. This punctured the forward body fuel tank causing a fire.

Sources:
» US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III


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