Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | sábado 4 octubre 1986 |
Hora: | 04:10 |
Tipo: | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
Operador: | Southern Air Transport |
Registración: | N15ST |
Numéro de série: | 4391 |
Año de Construcción: | 1971 |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 45622 |
Ciclos: | 20472 |
Motores: | 4 Allison 501-D22A |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF) ( Estados Unidos de América)
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Elevación del lugar del accidente: | 211 m (692 feet) amsl |
Fase: | Despegue (TOF) |
Naturaleza: | Carga |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX (SKF/KSKF), Estados Unidos de América |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Warner Robins-Robins AFB, GA (WRB/KWRB), Estados Unidos de América |
Número de Vuelo: | 15 |
Descripción:N15ST arrived at Kelly AFB at 02:20. The loading supervisor recalled that he saw the elevator in a faired position with the horizontal stabilizer. (If the flight controls had been in their neutral position, the elevator would have been in a trailing edge down position relative to the horizontal stabilizer.) At 04:01 the crew taxied to runway 15 and received takeoff clearance at 04:05. The aircraft was seen to rotate after a 4500 feet takeoff roll and climbed to 100-200 feet. The plane then attained an extreme nose high attitude, climbing to 600-700 feet an entering a left roll or bank. Altitude was lost until the Hercules struck the ramp area in a near inverted attitude, slid between 2 hangars and exploded.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The use by the carrier of a non-approved device designed to raise the elevator during loading operations which was not properly stowed by the flight crew and which lodged in the controls, preventing the flight crew from controlling the airplane during take-off."
Accident investigation:

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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 187 days (6 months) | Accident number: | NTSB/AAR-87-04 | Download report: | Final report
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Fuentes:
» NTSB/AAR-87/04
Subsiguiente / acciones de seguridad
NTSB issued 8 Safety Recommendations
Issued: 11-MAY-1987 | To: FAA | A-87-30 |
ISSUE AN AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE REQUIRING AN IMMEDIATE ONE-TIME INSPECTION BELOW THE FLOOR FOR CRACKS IN THE BASES OF CONTROL COLUMNS IN ALL LOCKHEED L-382 AIRPLANES. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 11-MAY-1987 | To: FAA | A-87-31 |
ISSUE A BULLETIN TO AIR CARRIER PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTORS AND PRINCIPAL MAINTENANCE INSPECTORS TO BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF NONAPPROVED EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS SUCH AS FLIGHT CONTROL RESTRAINTS, WHICH MAY BE IN USE BY OPERATIONS OR BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND WHICH MAY POSE A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO FLIGHT SAFETY. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 11-MAY-1987 | To: FAA | A-87-32 |
REQUIRE LOCKHEED TO REITERATE IN THEIR L-382/C-130 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUALS THE CAUTION FOUND IN L-382/C-130 AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUALS REGARDING THE USE OF FLIGHT CONTROL RESTRAINTS. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 11-MAY-1987 | To: FAA | A-87-33 |
NOTIFY FOREIGN CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND SUGGEST APPROPRIATE REMEDIAL ACTION. (Closed - Acceptable Alternate Action) |
Issued: 11-MAY-1987 | To: FAA | A-87-34 |
AMEND THE NATIONAL REQUIRED INSPECTION PROGRAM TO REQUIRE A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF EN ROUTE INSPECTIONS FOR EACH TYPE OF AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY AN AIR CARRIER. (Closed - Unacceptable Action) |
Issued: 11-MAY-1987 | To: FAA | A-87-35 |
DEVELOP AND ISSUE GUIDELINES TO AIR CARRIER DISTRICT OFFICES TO PROVIDE FOR A MINIMUM LEVEL OF DIRECT SURVEILLANCE OF AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS WHEN THE PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS INSPECTOR IS OCCUPIED WITH OTHER DUTIES FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 11-MAY-1987 | To: FAA | A-87-36 |
NOTIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS ACCIDENT AND SUGGEST APPROPRIATE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO BE DIRECTED TO MILITARY USERS OF LOCKHEED C130 AIRPLANES. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
Issued: 11-MAY-1987 | To: FAA | A-87-37 |
RESEARCH IN COOPERATION WITH LOCKHEED PAST LOADING INCIDENTS IN WHICH L-382/C-130 ELEVATORS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED WITH A VIEW TOWARD DEVELOPING POSITIVE CORRECTIVE MEASURES TO ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM. (Closed - Acceptable Action) |
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accident date:
04-10-1986type: Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules
registration: N15ST
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from San Antonio-Kelly AFB, TX to Warner Robins-Robins AFB, GA as the crow flies is 1463 km (914 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.
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.