Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 12 DEC 1965 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 56-0515 |
| C/n / msn: | 3123 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Bitburg Air Base (BBJ) (Germany)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bitburg Air Base (BBJ/EDRB), Germany |
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Crashed after entering a stall during assault takeoff.
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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.
