- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: December 10, 1999
Time: 0250
Location: Kuwait City, Kuwait
Operator: Military - U.S. Air Force
Flight #: ?
Route: Kuwait IA - Kuwait-Ahmed Al-jaber AB
AC Type: Lockheed C-130H
Registration: 63-7854
cn / ln: 3924
Aboard: 94   (passengers:86  crew:8)
Fatalities: 3   (passengers:3  crew:0)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed 2,900 ft. short of the runway causing extensive damage. The pilot was unable to get the aircraft airborne following the impact. Weather was below minima. Crew failed to monitor their instruments, became spatially disoriented and failed to arrest a high rate of descent. Pilot was inexperienced.
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