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| Date: | Saturday 27 May 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 59-1534 |
| MSN: | 3570 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Engine model: | Allison T56-A-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ramstein Air Force Base (RMS -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Ramstein AFB (RMS/ETAR) |
The C-130 suffered a single engine failure and veered off runway on landing at Ramstein AFB, Germany.
The fuselage and wings were used to repair another C-130B (58-0734, msn 3530) which had been damaged at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany in 1961.
Sources:
Lockheed Hercules Production List 1954-2003 / Lars Olausson
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