ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331944
| Date: | Wednesday 17 January 1968 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0026 |
| MSN: | 17771/241 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 4996 hours |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Minot AFB, ND (MIB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Minot AFB, ND (MIB/KMIB) |
| Glasgow International Airport, MT (GGW/KGGW) |
The KC-135 plane left March AFB where it was stationed, carrying Maj. Gen. Charles M. Eisenhart on a staff visit to Minot AFB (MIB). The next day the flight was to continue to Glasgow, MT (GGW). The airplane overrotated during takeoff in a snowstorm, stalled and crashed. It came down about 18 meters to the right of and about three-quarters of the way down the 15,000-foot long runway.
Sources:
Minot, ND Air Force Tanker Crashes On Takeoff, Jan 1968 (gendisasters.com)
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