Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 16 AVR 1968 |
| Heure: | 09:00 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Compagnie: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Immatriculation: | 54-0602 |
| Numéro de série: | 20051 |
| Année de Fabrication: | |
| Equipage: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 4 / à bord: 4 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | 46 km (28.8 milles) NW of Panama City, FL (Etats-Unis d'Amérique)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Test Militaire |
| Aéroport de départ: | Hurlburt Field, FL (KHRT), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
| Hurlburt Field, FL (KHRT), Etats-Unis d'Amérique |
On 16 April 1968, 08:00 CST, C-123K, sn 54-0602 (Call sign MOOSE 09) departed Hurlburt Field, FL, as lead aircraft in a flight of three C-123's. The assigned mission was a routine SEA serial spray training flight. The formation proceeded to a point 25 nm northwest of Panama City, Florida (the designated spray training area), arriving there at 08:35 CST.
At this time a series of simulated defoliation runs were conducted over an open field. At approximately 08:50 CST Aircraft 54-0602 assumed the number three position in a right echelon formation for practice defoliation runs along a series of roads. At the completion of the first run the lead aircraft gave a command to place the aircraft in a "piggy back" formation, then climbed from 150 feet AGL to approximately 300 feet AGL and executed a 270 degree turn to the right. While in this turn the Number Three aircraft contacted the ground in a left wing low position, cartwheeled, immediately caught fire and was destroyed. The instructor pilot, two student pilots, and the flight engineer sustained fatal injuries.
Sources:
» USAF accident/incident report dated 8 May 1968
» E-mail Kevin Woolterton 14-3-2008
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Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Hurlburt Field, FL et Hurlburt Field, FL est de 0 km (0 miles).
La distance entre Hurlburt Field, FL et Hurlburt Field, FL est de 0 km (0 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.
