Date:	Tuesday 1 October 1968
Time:
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	55-3138
MSN:	17254/21
Year of manufacture:	1957
Total airframe hrs:	6999 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	U-Tapao Airport (UTP) -   Thailand
Phase:	Take off
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU)
Destination airport:	U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU)

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.

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

photo (c) Jon Mickley; U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU); 01 October 1968

photo (c) Martin Frick; U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU); 01 October 1968

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