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| Date: | Friday 11 May 1990 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Transall C-160D |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 50+39 |
| MSN: | D-61 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 10 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2,2 km W of Rodenbach -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wunstorf Air Base (ETNW) |
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 on the top of a hill in a dense forest.
Sources:
Aviation Databases 2002
https://www.youtube.com/@jessiesflyingtransall
Location
Images:
photo (c) Arno Janssen, via Werner Fischdick; Köln/Bonn Airport (CGN); October 1982
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2025 07:48 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
| 01-Jul-2025 07:52 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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