Hickam - Fairchild

On January 19, 1967 at 06:00 PM, Hickam - Fairchild experienced a crash involving Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Mt Shadow Washington.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. While descending to Fairchild AFB on a flight from Hickam Field, Hawaii, the airplane was too low and the struck the slope of Mt Shadow (4,337 feet high) located 40 miles northwest of Fairchild AFB. The airplane struck trees and disintegrated on impact, killing all nine crew members.

Aircraft reference details include registration 56-3613, MSN 17362, year of manufacture 1958.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.1470°, -123.8577°.