Accident Transall C-160D 50+39,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 326035
 

Date:Friday 11 May 1990
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C160 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Transall C-160D
Owner/operator:Luftwaffe
Registration: 50+39
MSN: D-61
Year of manufacture:1969
Fatalities:Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:2,2 km W of Rodenbach -   Germany
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Wunstorf Air Base (ETNW)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The C-160 was on a low-level training flight when the crew lost ground contact in poor visibility conditions. The airplane contacted the ground and crashed on the top of a hill in a dense forest.

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Aviation Databases 2002

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photo (c) Arno Janssen, via Werner Fischdick; Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN); October 1982

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