Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
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| Date: | 15 JUL 1964 |
| Type: | Boeing 720-030B |
| Operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-ABOP |
| C/n / msn: | 18249/262 |
| First flight: | 1962 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 8 km (5 mls) NE of Ansbach (Germany)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Germany |
| Frankfurt International Airport (FRA/EDDF), Germany |
The Boeing 720B took off for a training flight from Frankfurt International Airport (FRA), Germany at 09:33. The crew reported reaching 13.000 feet at 09:38. The IFR flight schedule was abandoned and the crew continued VFR to carry out some training manoeuvres between VOR Kitzingen and the Roethenbach beacon. A complete roll was flown, but while attempting a second roll, the plane went out of control in the inverted position. The Boeing became overstressed, disintegrated and crashed in flames between Petersdorf and Forst.
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Distance from Frankfurt International Airport to Frankfurt International Airport as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Frankfurt International Airport to Frankfurt International Airport 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.
