Crash of a Lockheed C-130A Hercules in Imlay City: 6 killed

Date & Time: Jul 26, 1975
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
57-0454
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Selfridge - Selfridge
MSN:
3161
YOM:
1958
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew departed Selfridge AFB (ANG) for a training mission. While cruising about 45 miles north of Detroit, the crew lost control of the airplane that crashed in an open field located in Imlay City. The aircraft was destroyed and all six crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
A propeller blade separated from the engine n°3 in flight and struck the engine n°4. Control was lost.

Crash of a Rockwell Aero Commander 500B in Red Hill: 2 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1975 at 1018 LT
Operator:
Registration:
N181Z
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Atlanta - Atlanta
MSN:
500-1310-122
YOM:
1963
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Captain / Total flying hours:
9535
Captain / Total hours on type:
1446.00
Circumstances:
The crew departed Atlanta for a local training mission. En route, while in normal cruise, the airplane was observed to pitch up and entered a spin. It crashed near Red Hill, killing both pilots.
Probable cause:
Engine failure or malfunction after a failure of the fuel injection system. The following contributing factors were reported:
- Miscellaneous acts, conditions: loose, part/fitting,
- Improper operation of flight controls on part of the student pilot,
- Failed to maintain flying speed,
- Inadequate supervision of flight on part of the pilot-in-command,
- Rough or surging engine heard,
- Not equipped with flight Bob-WT system.
Final Report:

Crash of a North American B-25J Mitchell near Cochabamba: 9 killed

Date & Time: Feb 26, 1975
Operator:
Registration:
FAB-545
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Cochabamba - Cochabamba
Country:
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
While completing an exercice out from Cochabamba, the airplane struck the slope of Mt San Pedro. All nine crew members were killed.

Crash of a Grumman S-2F-3S Tracker off the Jervis Bay

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1975 at 0325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
N12-153608
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Melbourne
MSN:
340C
YOM:
1957
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Tracker N12-153608 was catapulted from the carrier at 2200 hours on 9 February 1975 to carry out an anti-submarine warfare close support task. The night was unusually dark with no visible horizon so that approximately three hours of the flight were spent in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). At 0323 hours the following morning, the aircraft attempted a routine landing using the mirror landing system as an approach aid. In the days preceding the accident, the mirror setting had been changed from an approach slope of 4° to 4.5° but the pilot had not been informed of this. In consequence, the approach was slightly high and fast, the aircraft failed to pick up an arrester wire, an event known as a "bolter", and it subsequently crashed into the sea approximately ten seconds later. All four crew members managed to escape from the sinking aircraft and were rescued uninjured. Accident occurred off the Jervis Bay, in the Tasman Sea.
Source: Phil Thompson
Probable cause:
Applied Report 78 concluded that the most probable cause of the accident was that the pilot was affected by unrecognized disorientation associated with somatogravic illusion and flew the aircraft into the sea. Factors thought to have contributed were:
a. the exceptionally dark night,
b. the pilot's unawareness of the change of settings to the mirror landing aid,
c. the pilot's lack of any previous bolter experience,
d. the need to monitor engine instruments instead of the VGI as the aircraft was rotated.

Crash of a Morane-Saulnier M.S.760A-1 Paris in Rio Cuarto: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 30, 1974
Operator:
Registration:
E-214
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Rio Cuarto - Rio Cuarto
MSN:
A-2
YOM:
1961
Country:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances near Rio Cuarto Airport while engaged in a local training mission. Both pilots were killed.

Crash of a Boeing B-52D-10-BW Stratofortress off Andersen AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 12, 1974
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
55-0058
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Andersen - Andersen
MSN:
464010
YOM:
1955
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a night training mission out from Andersen AFB, Guam. While returning the airbase, control was lost and the airplane crashed into the sea about seven miles southeast of the airfield. Four crew members were killed while two others were rescued. The aircraft sank and was lost.
Crew:
Cpt Stephen R. Roseman, pilot, †
Jack Watson, copilot,
Robert W. Nemeth, †
Cpt Leroy E. Pitman, †
John Y. Whitley, †
Brad Lee Buske.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the loss of control was the consequence of a malfunction of the gyros after the electrical system failed.

Crash of an Antonov AN-12B in Irkoutsk

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1974 at 0958 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CCCP-12985
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Irkutsk - Irkutsk
MSN:
00 347 110
YOM:
1970
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Aircraft flight hours:
5811
Aircraft flight cycles:
2617
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training mission at Irkutsk-Intl Airport. During a ninth approach to runway 30, the crew was cleared to initiate a go-around according to the training program. While climbing to an altitude of 270 meters in limited visibility, the AN-12 collided with an Aeroflot PZL-Mielec AN-2R registered CCCP-49342. En route to Kazachinskoye, the AN-2 just took off from the same runway with 11 passengers and two pilots on board. Following the collision, the AN-2 went out of control and crashed in flames 200 meters further. All 13 occupants were killed. The crew of the AN-12 elected to make an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a prairie located 3,980 meters past the runway end. It slid on the ground for 220 meters before colliding with a concrete mast that cut the airplane in two. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the collision was the consequence of wrong decision and poor planning on part of ATC acting in the tower at Irkutsk-Magan Airport. Lack of visibility was considered as a contributing factor.

Crash of a Beechcraft 65-B80 Queen Air in Sandakan: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 30, 1974
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
9M-ASU
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Sandakan - Sandakan
MSN:
LD-473
YOM:
1974
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Sandakan Airport, while completing a local training flight, the twin engine airplane went out of control and crashed in a swampy area. All three pilots were killed.

Crash of a Handley Page HP.137 Jetstream T.1 at RAF Little Rissington

Date & Time: Nov 1, 1974
Operator:
Registration:
XX477
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Little Rissington - Little Rissington
MSN:
249
YOM:
1970
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at RAF Little Rissington. After takeoff, while climbing to a height of 400 feet, both engines stopped simultaneously. The crew declared an emergency and the airplane stalled and struck the ground. On impact, the undercarriage were torn off and the airplane slid for several yards before coming to rest in a pasture. Both crew members escaped with minor injuries while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
The stall and subsequent accident was the consequence of a double engine failure for undetermined reasons.

Crash of a De Havilland CC-115 Buffalo at Compo dos Afonsos AFB: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 18, 1974
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
2356
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Campo dos Afonsos - Campo dos Afonsos
MSN:
26
YOM:
1968
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Shortly after liftoff at Campo dos Afonsos AFB, while in initial climb, the airplane stalled and crashed in flames. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.