Status: | |
Date: | Saturday 17 October 1970 |
Time: | 01:17 |
Type: | Lockheed C-5A Galaxy |
Operator: | Lockheed |
Registration: | 66-8303 |
MSN: | 500-0001 |
First flight: | 1968 |
Total airframe hrs: | 700 |
Engines: | 4 General Electric TF39 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA (MGE) ( United States of America)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | - |
Destination airport: | - |
Narrative:The C-5 Galaxy prototype was being used to conduct test flights. Following one of these flights the airplane was defueled and purged of fumes. Immediately after this operation was completed an explosion occurred, followed by a fire. One ground engineer who was working beneath the wing, was killed.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» The Victoria Advocat 18 October 1970, p16A
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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.