Flugunfall 10 DEC 1999 einer Lockheed C-130E Hercules 63-7854 - Kuwait International Airport (KWI)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Freitag 10 Dezember 1999
Zeit:02:50
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic C130 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed C-130E Hercules
Fluggesellschaft:United States Air Force - USAF
Kennzeichen: 63-7854
Werknummer: 3924
Baujahr: 1964
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 0 / Insassen: 8
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 86
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 3 / Insassen: 94
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:Kuwait International Airport (KWI) (   Kuwait)
Flugphase: Landung (LDG)
Betriebsart:Militär
Flug von:Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK), Kuwait
Flug nach:Kuwait-Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base, Kuwait
Unfallbericht:
Impacted the ground approximately 2,895 feet short and about forty feet left of the runway centerline at Kuwait-Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base. Although the mishap crew was able to get the aircraft airborne following the impact, the aircraft sustained extensive damage to its main landing gear assemblies and to the adjacent fuselage areas. Part of the left main landing gear detached from the aircraft shortly after the impact. As the aircrew attempted to regain altitude, the aircraft further impacted a ground-based Instrument Landing System antenna sustaining additional damage to the right horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft returned to Kuwait City IAP where an emergency landing was carried out.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The AIB President found that by clear and convincing evidence, that the cause of the mishap was the crew's failure to follow governing directives and complacency in flight operations. As a result, the crew suffered spatial disorientation at a critical phase of flight; thereby, resulting in the crew's loss of situational awareness and failing to recognize an unsafe descent. The following factors contributed to the cause of the mishap: lack of pilot leadership and discipline; lack of support from the copilot, navigator, and flight engineer; and overall lack of sound judgment by the flight deck crew."

Informationsquelle:
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photo of Lockheed-C-130E-Hercules -63-7854
accident date: 10-12-1999
type: Lockheed C-130E Hercules 
registration: 63-7854
photo of Lockheed-C-130E-Hercules -63-7854
accident date: 10-12-1999
type: Lockheed C-130E Hercules 
registration: 63-7854
photo of Lockheed-C-130E-Hercules -63-7854
accident date: 10-12-1999
type: Lockheed C-130E Hercules 
registration: 63-7854
 
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.
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