| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 16, 1965 |
| Time: | 0930 |
| Location: | Wichita, Kansas |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Boeing KC-135A |
| Registration: | 57-1442 |
| cn / ln: | 17513 |
| Aboard: | 7 (passengers:0 crew:7) |
| Fatalities: | 7 (passengers:0 crew:7) |
| Ground: | 23 |
| Summary: | Shortly after taking off, the aircraft made a left bank attempting to return to McConnell Air Force Base and transmitted a distress message. Soon after, the plane crashed to the ground in a nose-down attitude into houses. Remains of a parachute were found in the No. 1 engine which may have led to an asymmetrical thrust condition. A preceding B-52 may have blown a drag chute from a F-105 Thunderchief against the departing KC-135. The drag chute had been accidently left on the runway. |
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