Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 DEC 1996 |
| Type: | Transall C-160R |
| Operator: | L'Armée de L'Air |
| Registration: | R-155/61-ZU |
| C/n / msn: | F-155 |
| First flight: | 1972-03-30 (24 years 9 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chevilly (France)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Orléans Airport (ORE/LFOJ), France |
Struck high tension wires and crashed during a night ILS approach following engine shutdown due to icing.
Sources:
» Graham Tanner
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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.
