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Rhineland-Palatinate
Crash of a Lockheed C-130A Hercules at Bitburg AFB: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 12, 1965
Operator:
Registration:
56-0515
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bitburg - Bitburg
MSN:
3123
YOM:
1957
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Crashed on takeoff at Bitburg AFB while engaged in a local training mission. All six occupants were killed. The airplane stalled after rotation for undetermined reason.
Crash of a Dornier DO.28A-1 in Rhens: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 2, 1965
Operator:
Registration:
D-IBEW
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3048
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
While on a positioning flight, the twin engine aircraft collided with a Lockheed F-104G Starfighter of the West German Air Force (Luftwaffe) registered DA+103. While the crew of the fighter was able to land, the pilot of the Dornier lost control of the airplane that dove into the ground and crashed. The pilot was killed. The exact circumstances of the collision remains unclear.
Crash of a Beechcraft 65-80 Queen Air in Kehrig: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 14, 1964 at 1535 LT
Registration:
HB-GBE
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Liège – Linz
MSN:
LD-109
YOM:
1963
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While cruising at an altitude of 8,000 feet in marginal weather conditions, the airplane went of control, dove into the ground and crashed onto a house located in Kehrig. All three passengers were killed while the pilot was seriously injured.
Probable cause:
It was determined that the loss of control was the consequence of the detachment of one of the elevator in flight while the aircraft was cruising in poor weather conditions with apparent atmospheric turbulences. It was also reported that the pilot owned a licence allowing him to fly under VFR conditions only.
Crash of a De Havilland U-6A Beaver in Horath: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 13, 1962
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was completing a liaison flight from Spandgahlem Airbase. En route, the engine failed, causing the aircraft to lose height and to struck a tree. Out of control, it crashed in a field located 2 km north of Horath. All four occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Engine failure.
Crash of a Boeing 720-030B in Ebersheim: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 4, 1961 at 1230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
D-ABOK
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Frankfurt - Cologne
MSN:
18058
YOM:
1961
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The four engine airplane left runway 25L at Frankfurt-Main Airport at 1222LT on a training flight to Cologne-Bonn Airport with a crew of three on board. Three minutes after liftoff, while passing over Nierstein beacon at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the crew was instructed to turn right heading to Ruedesheim beacon with a minimum altitude of 9,000 feet. Shortly later, the airplane went out of control, entered a dive and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located in Ebersheim, about 23 km west of the airport. The aircraft was completely destroyed upon impact and all three crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be determined with certainty.
Crash of a Lockheed C-130B Hercules at Ramstein AFB
Date & Time:
May 27, 1961
Operator:
Registration:
59-1534
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Ramstein - Ramstein
MSN:
3570
YOM:
1960
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local training flight at Ramstein AFB. After touchdown, the airplane went out of control, veered off runway to the left and came to rest. There were no injuries but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Crash of a Douglas C-124C Globemaster II at Spangdahlem AFB
Date & Time:
Jan 9, 1961
Operator:
Registration:
52-0969
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
43878
YOM:
1952
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On final approach to Spangdahlem AFB, the four engine aircraft was too low, hi trees, lost height and crashed onto the runway. All 15 occupants were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
Probable cause:
It is reported the accident was the consequence of a wrong altimeter setting.
Crash of an Avro 694 Lincoln B.2 in Bitburg: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1955 at 0035 LT
Operator:
Registration:
WD131
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a training mission, completing some tests for a new radar system on behalf of the 199th Squadron based at RAF Hemswell. While cruising by night at an altitude of 17,000 feet over the region of the Bitburg Airbase, the four engine aircraft collided with a USAF Sabre registered 52-3933 and carrying one pilot. Following the collision, the pilot of the Sabre ejected and was found alive. Unfortunately, the Lincoln lost a part of a wing, dove into the ground and crashed in an uninhabited area located near the Luxembourg border, killing all six crew members. At the time of the accident, the crew of the Avro was flying without any navigation lights for undetermined reason.
Crash of a Fairchild C-119C-18-FA Flying Boxcar near Bitburg AFB: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 10, 1953
Operator:
Registration:
50-0127
Survivors:
No
MSN:
10445
YOM:
1950
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
On approach to Bitburg AFB, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls. Too low, the airplane hit tree tops and crashed in a dense wooded area located about 24 km north of the airbase. All five crew members were killed.
