ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 55-3138 U-Tapao Airport (UTP)
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Date:Tuesday 1 October 1968
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: 55-3138
MSN: 17254/21
First flight: 1957-09-09 (11 years )
Total airframe hrs:6999
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:U-Tapao Airport (UTP) (   Thailand)
Phase: Takeoff (TOF)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU), Thailand
Destination airport:U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU), Thailand
Narrative:
No. 4 engine power was lost on takeoff from U-Tapao, causing an asymmetric thrust condition. The Stratotanker then hit concrete and steel light stanchions beyond the end of the runway and crashed.

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


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accident date: 01-10-1968
type: Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker
registration: 55-3138
photo of Boeing-KC-135A-BN-Stratotanker-55-3138
accident date: 01-10-1968
type: Boeing KC-135A-BN Stratotanker
registration: 55-3138
 

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