Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 JAN 1981 |
| Time: | 09:20 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 69-6581 |
| C/n / msn: | 4357 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ramstein AFB (RMS) (Germany) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ramstein Airport (RMS/ETAR), Germany |
| Oslo-Fornebu Airport (FBU/ENFB), Norway |
Fin stall on takeoff; crashed.
Sources:
» Flight International, 31 January 1981
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Ramstein Airport to Oslo-Fornebu Airport as the crow flies is 1170 km (731 miles).
Distance from Ramstein Airport to Oslo-Fornebu Airport as the crow flies is 1170 km (731 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.
