- | 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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