Date:	Tuesday 17 June 1986
Time:
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	63-7983
MSN:	18600/639
Year of manufacture:	1963
Total airframe hrs:	8041 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Balboa-Howard Air Force Base (HOW) -   Panama
Phase:	Unknown
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Balboa-Howard AFB (HOW/MPHO)

Narrative:
The KC-135, of the 305th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Force Base, Indiana, hit the runway at Howard Air Force Base, became airborne again and crashed into a hill in the jungle.

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

photo (c) U.S. DoD; Balboa-Howard Air Force Base (HOW); 17 June 1986; (publicdomain)

photo (c) U.S. DoD; Balboa-Howard Air Force Base (HOW); 17 June 1986; (publicdomain)

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