Date: | Tuesday 11 October 1988 |
Time: | 14:20 |
Type: | Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 60-0317 |
MSN: | 18092/431 |
Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney J57-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 16 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Oscoda-Wurtsmith AFB, MI (OSC) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Oscoda Wurtsmith Airport, MI (KOSC) |
Destination airport: | Oscoda-Wurtsmith AFB, MI (OSC) |
Narrative:The KC-135 tanker landed hard following a steep approach in crosswind conditions. The airplane went off the side of the runway and broke up. A fire erupted.
METAR:
18:00 UTC / 14:00 local time:
METAR KOSC 111800Z 29008KT 7SM SCT015 SCT120 07/M01 A2983 RMK SLP104 8/260 T00671005 52010
18:50 UTC / 14:50 local time:
SPECI KOSC 111850Z 30010G18KT 7SM SCT015 BKN120 A2983 RMK SLPNO
Wind 300 degrees at 10 kts, gusting to 18 kts; Visibility: 7 miles; Scattered clouds at 1500 ft; Broken clouds at 12000 ft.
Sources:
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III
Hillsdale Daily News October 12,1988
Location
Images:
photo (c) Matt Ellis; Oscoda-Wurtsmith AFB, MI (OSC/); 11 October 1988
photo (c) Werner Fischdick; Mildenhall (MHZ); 09 April 1980
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