- 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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