| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 16 September 1971 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale (DC-9-30) |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 67-22586 |
| MSN: | 47296/362 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | ca 0,8 km NW of Belleville-Scott AFB, IL (BLV) ( United States of America)
|
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Belleville-Scott AFB, IL (BLV/KBLV), United States of America |
| Belleville-Scott AFB, IL (BLV/KBLV), United States of America |
This air ambulance C-9A, a military variant of the DC-9, was operated by the Military Airlift Command's 375 MAW. The airplane departed Scott AFB, IL (BLV) on a training flight.
A first-stage fan blade of the no. 2 engine failed during a go-around. The C-9 crashed into an unoccupied farm house.
Sources:
» St. Petersburg Times - Sep 17, 1971» NTSB Safety Recommendations A-72-74 and -75
Follow-up / safety actions
NTSB issued 2 Safety Recommendations
Show all...
Show all...
Photos
accident date: 16-09-1971
type: McDonnell Douglas C-9A Nightingale (DC-9-30)
registration: 67-22586
Map
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
languages: 
Share
DC-9-30
- 662 built
- 7th loss
- 7th fatal accident
- 7th worst accident (at the time)
- 34th worst accident (currently)
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
