| Date: | Saturday 17 October 1970 |
| Time: | 01:17 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-5A Galaxy |
| Owner/operator: | Lockheed |
| Registration: | 66-8303 |
| MSN: | 500-0001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 700 hours |
| Engine model: | General Electric TF39 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA (MGE) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
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.
Sources:
The Victoria Advocat 18 October 1970, p16A
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