ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 61-0265 Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ)
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Date:Monday 4 January 1965
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: 61-0265
MSN: 18172/487
First flight: 1961-08-25 (3 years 4 months)
Total airframe hrs:1353
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:3 km (1.9 mls) from Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) (   United States of America)
Phase: Initial climb (ICL)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ), United States of America
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
Crashed after takeoff when then #3 engine drag brace failed, causing the engine to rotate over the upper strut mounts and separation of #3 and #4 engines before impact.

Classification:
Engine separation
Loss of control

Sources:
» Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III


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