| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 22, 1995 |
| Time: | 0745 |
| Location: | Anchorage, Alaska |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
| Flight #: | 27 |
| Route: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB - Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-707 (E-3B) |
| Registration: | 77-0354 |
| cn / ln: | 21554/933 |
| Aboard: | 24 (passengers:20 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 24 (passengers:20 crew:4) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft suffered multiple bird strikes in the No. 1 and 2 engines just after taking off when it flew into a flock of 100 or more Canada Geese. The crew initiated a slow climb and began to dump fuel. The aircraft attained a maximum altitude of 250 ft. before it started to descend. The plane impacted a hilly wooded area less than a mile from the runway, broke up, exploded and burned. Ingestion of Canada geese into the Nos.1 and 2 engines. Lack of adequate procedures to reduce bird hazards. The crew was not warned about observations of birds in the area by the ATC. |
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