Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker crash, May 29, 1992, Pope AFB...
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker accident on May 29, 1992 near Pope AFB (Fayetteville), North Carolina, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Apparently a...
- Date: May 29, 1992
- Aircraft: Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
- Location: Pope AFB (Fayetteville), North Carolina, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Apparently a wrong approach configuration led to a touchdown too far down the runway; the sources found give no further finding.
A USAF KC-135 tanker crew was flying a local training flight at Pope AFB. After what appears to have been a wrong approach configuration, the aircraft landed too far down the runway, overran, lost its undercarriage and broke in two. All 14 occupants were injured.