Date: | Wednesday 23 March 1994 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed C-141B Starlifter |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 66-0173 |
MSN: | 300-6199 |
Total airframe hrs: | 36132 hours |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Other fatalities: | 23 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | OT |
Location: | Fayetteville-Pope AFB, NC (POB) -
United States of America
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Phase: | Standing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Fayetteville-Pope AFB, NC (POB/KPOB) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Starlifter 66-0173 was parked on the ramp at Pope AFB. Army paratroops were boarding the plane for an exercise airdrop mission. At that moment a USAF F-16D (88-0171) entered the traffic pattern on finals for runway 23. The F-16 collided with a USAF Lockheed C-130E Hercules (68-10942) at an altitude of 300 feet. The C-130 continued and landed safely. Both F-16 pilots ejected, but the airplane crashed onto the taxiway. It skidded into the loading C-141, puncturing the fuel tanks in the right wing, causing a massive fire. Of approximately 500 troops in the vicinity of the accident, 23 were killed and over 80 were injured.
Sources:
Air Force News
C-141 Lifetime Mishap Summary / Lt. Col. Paul M. Hansen, USAFR, Ret. McChord AFB WA (1 October, 2004)
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photo (c) United States Air Force; Fayetteville-Pope AFB, NC (POB); March 1994
photo (c) United States Air Force; Fayetteville-Pope AFB, NC (POB); 23 March 1994; (publicdomain)
photo (c) United States Air Force; Fayetteville-Pope AFB, NC (POB); 23 March 1994; (publicdomain)
photo (c) Peter Donaldson; Mildenhall RAF Station (MHZ/EGUN); 24 March 1979
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