Accident description
Last updated: 18 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 MAY 1990 |
| Type: | Transall C-160D |
| Operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 50+39 |
| C/n / msn: | D-61 |
| First flight: | 1969-07-24 (20 years 10 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Würzburg (Germany)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wunstorf AB (ETNW), Germany |
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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.
Sources:
» Aviation Databases 2002
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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.
