# NTSB UNK65X1297: Boeing KC-135, Ichita, KS, January 16, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 16, 1965
- Place: Ichita, KS · ICHITA, KS
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181693
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X1297
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X1297

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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M-0001  65/1/16    ICHITA KANS         BOEING KC-135       CR-  7  0  0  *ERROR-INVALID CODE*      AGE 35, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT
        TIME - 0930                    USAF501             PX-  0  0  0                            RATED.
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        UNDER INVESTIGATION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: USAF501 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING KC-135
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: turbo jet
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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