Accidents and Incidents
Of 50 aircraft built, nine were lost in crashes and one was destroyed in a ground fire. The primary causes of most of the in-flight losses were most likely related to the C-133's stall characteristics.
- AF Serial No. 54-0140, 1607 ATW — Destroyed 10 Jan 1965, crashed into water after takeoff from Wake Island.
- AF Serial No. 54-0146, 1607 ATW — Destroyed 13 Apr 1958, crashed 26 mi (42 km) south of Dover AFB, Delaware
- AF Serial No. 56-2002, 1607 ATW — Destroyed 22 Sep 1963, crashed into Atlantic Ocean near SHAD Intersection, southeast of Dover AFB, Delaware; aircraft apparently stalled near top of climb to cruising altitude
- AF Serial No. 56-2005, 1607 ATW — Destroyed 13 Jul 1963 during refueling ground fire, Dover AFB, Delaware.
- AF Serial No. 56-2014, 1607 ATW — Destroyed 07 Nov 1964 in crash on takeoff at CFB Goose Bay, Labrador; most probable cause was a power stall on takeoff due to icing or possibly aerodynamic instability of the aircraft
- AF Serial No. 57-1611, 1607 ATW — Destroyed 27 May 1962, crashed into water near SHAD Intersection, east of Dover AFB, Delaware
- AF Serial No. 57-1614, 1501 ATW — Destroyed 11 Jun 1961, crashed into water off Japan
- AF Serial No. 59-0523, 1501 ATW — Destroyed 10 Apr 1963, crashed while in traffic pattern, Travis AFB, California
- AF Serial No. 59-0530, 60 MAW — Destroyed 6 Feb 1970, disintegrated in flight over northwestern Nebraska, due to catastrophic propagation of old 11 in (28 cm) skin crack hidden under paint to a total length of 17 ft (5.2 m); large sections of skin peeled off into the engines and the aircraft came apart at 23,000 ft (7,010 m).
- AF Serial No. 59-0534, 1501 ATW — Destroyed 30 Apr 1967, ditched off of east coast of Okinawa, Japan after propellers became stuck in fixed pitch due to electrical problems in either propeller control or propeller power circuits
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