ASN Aircraft accident Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker 58-0101 Marysville-Beale AFB, CA (BAB)
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Date:Thursday 28 April 1977
Time:03:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic K35A model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 58-0101
MSN: 17846/316
First flight: 1959-08-27 (17 years 8 months)
Total airframe hrs:7821
Engines: 4 Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Marysville-Beale AFB, CA (BAB) (   United States of America)
Crash site elevation: 34 m (112 feet) amsl
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Marysville-Beale AFB, CA (BAB/KBAB), United States of America
Destination airport:Marysville-Beale AFB, CA (BAB/KBAB), United States of America
Narrative:
The KC-135A was practicing night takeoffs and landings at Beale AFB (BAB). During that time cattle strayed through a broken fence from a nearby field and on to the main runway. During one of the touch-ad-goes, the airplane struck a five or six cattle. Takeoff was aborted and the plane overran the runway and caught fire.

Classification:

Runway excursion

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


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accident date: 28-04-1977
type: Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
registration: 58-0101
 

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