Date:	Tuesday 17 May 1966
Time:	21:45
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	57-1424
MSN:	17495/104
Year of manufacture:	1958
Total airframe hrs:	3482 hours
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA) -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA)
Destination airport:	Amarillo AFB, TX (AMA/KAMA)

Narrative:
Struck the ground during an oscillating unstable approach to land following a four-hour refueling mission.

Four crewmen die in crash (Mansfield News Journal, 1966-05-19)
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III

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