C-5 Crash in Delaware

[a26invader]

Did it go down on it's climb out or did it crash after turning around for return to the airport?

Mike

Must have been after turning as it flew for 22 min. Take off 0620, crash 0642.

http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?Cont ... 68366dae9&

[Amado Aguiluz F.]

Hi All,

Serial numbers of C-5s lost or written off as result of an accident:

s/n c/n (msn) date location
67-0172 500-0011 C-5A 5/25/70 Palmdale, California
66-8303 500-0001 C-5A 10/17/70 Marietta, Georgia
Unknown unk C-5A Sep71 Altus AFB, OK Engine mount fatigue failure
68-0227 500-0030 C-5A 9/27/74 Clinton, Oklahoma
68-0218 500-0021 C-5A 4/12/75 Near Saigon, South Vietnam
68-0228 500-0031 C-5A 8/29/90 Ramstein AFB, Germany
84-0059 500-83 C-5B 4/93/06 Dover AFB, Delaware


Cheers,

Amado

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Hi All,

if I can offer a bit of my own analysis on this. And Thank GOD that there was little loss of life and injury. If the pilot lost an engine while heavy, he must have had alot more problems than just loosing one engine. From the pic's I saw, it looked like he landed WAY heavy, and pancaked it on the ground, that broke the tail off, and then he snapped off the nose.

Just my two cents but the way that thing broke apart...I don't think you could have asked for better protection for the crew.

Paul

[Jiggersfromsphilly]

Hi All,

if I can offer a bit of my own analysis on this. And Thank GOD that there was little loss of life and injury. If the pilot lost an engine while heavy, he must have had alot more problems than just loosing one engine. From the pic's I saw, it looked like he landed WAY heavy, and pancaked it on the ground, that broke the tail off, and then he snapped off the nose.

Just my two cents but the way that thing broke apart...I don't think you could have asked for better protection for the crew.

Paul

That was the opinion offered by Paul Nantz, ABC's aviation specialist, when he saw the crash site and the skid marks in the ground, from the perspective of a helicopter fly over.