Crash of a Transall C-160D near Lohr am Main: 10 killed
Date & Time:
May 11, 1990
Operator:
Registration:
50+39
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wunstorf – Kaufbeuren
MSN:
D61
YOM:
1969
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
10
Circumstances:
The aircraft was completing a flight from Wunstorf AFB to Kaufbeuren AFB, carrying five technicians and five crew members. En route, while cruising in poor weather conditions, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the aircraft struck trees and crashed in a wooded area located in the Spessart Mountain Range near Lohr am Main. The aircraft was destroyed and all 10 occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
