Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 MAR 1944 |
| Time: | 23:41 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-55938 |
| C/n / msn: | 18-2375 |
| First flight: | 1943 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX (LBB) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX (LBB/KLBB), United States of America |
| Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX (LBB/KLBB), United States of America |
The Lockheed C-60A was involved in a glider towing mission from South Plains AAF. The C-60 had just become airborne when the nr.1 engine failed. The glider pilot saw excessive sparking and released the glider. The airplane then reached a height of 80 feet before turning into the dead engine. It stalled and crashed near the runway.
Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)
» Fatal Army Air Forces Aviation Accidents in the United States, 1941-1945, Vol. 2: July 1943-July 1944 / Anthony J. Mireles
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Distance from Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX to Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX to Lubbock-South Plains AAF, TX as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
