Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crash, Mar 13, 1987 (7 killed)
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker accident on March 13, 1987 near Fairchild AFB (Spokane), Washington, United States with 7 fatalities. Cause: Wake turbulence...
- Date: March 13, 1987
- Aircraft: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
- Location: Fairchild AFB (Spokane), Washington, United States
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Wake turbulence from a B-52 the tanker was practicing with, which rolled it about 90 degrees just after takeoff while it was flying too low and too slow to recover.
A Strategic Air Command KC-135A tanker (60-0361) rehearsing for an air show crashed shortly after takeoff from Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, on 13 March 1987. Wake turbulence from a B-52 rolled the tanker about 90 degrees while it was too low and too slow to recover, and seven people died, six aboard and one spectator on the ground.