Date: | Thursday 3 June 1971 |
Time: | |
Type: | Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 58-0039 |
MSN: | 17784/254 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Total airframe hrs: | 5406 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P/F-59W |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Centenera -
Spain
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Madrid-Torrejón AFB (TOJ/LETO) |
Destination airport: | Madrid-Torrejón AFB (TOJ/LETO) |
Narrative:Crashed following in-flight explosion of the no. 1 main fuel tank. Chafing of boost pump wires in conduits was determined to be as a possible ignition source.
The tanker plane was on its way back from a routine refuelling mission over the Mediterranean and crashed at the village of Centenera, 35 km NE of Madrid-Torrejón AFB (TOJ).
Sources:
NTSB/AAR-00/03
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
The Telegraph - Jun 4, 1971 Location
Images:
photo (c) Paul Johnson; Tokyo-Yokota AFB (OKO/RJTY); January 1967
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