| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 19, 1982 |
| Time: | 2110 |
| Location: | Near Woodstock, Illinois |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Sawyer-Chicago |
| AC Type: | Boeing KC-135C |
| Registration: | 58-0031 |
| cn / ln: | 17776 |
| Aboard: | 27 (passengers:23 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 27 (passengers:23 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Crashed 40 miles northwest of Chicago O'Hare Airport where it was to have landed. Exploded and dove in an almost vertical attitude from a height of 13,700 ft. into a wooded area, exploded and burned. Most probably overpressurization under the cargo floor and ignition of fuel vapor. |
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