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| Date: | Thursday 16 March 1944 |
| Time: | 23:41 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
| Owner/operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-55938 |
| MSN: | 18-2375 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX (LBB) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX (LBB/KLBB) |
| Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX (LBB/KLBB) |
The Lockheed C-60A was involved in a glider towing mission from South Plains AAF. The C-60 had just become airborne when the no. 1 engine failed. The glider pilot saw excessive sparking and released the glider. The airplane then reached a height of 80 feet before turning into the dead engine. It stalled and crashed near the runway.
Sources:
Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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