Lockheed C-5 Galaxy crash, Aug 29, 1990 (13 killed), Rams...
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy accident on August 29, 1990 near Ramstein AFB, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with 13 fatalities. Cause: The No. 1 engine thrust...
- Date: August 29, 1990
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
- Location: Ramstein AFB, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Fatalities: 13
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The No. 1 engine thrust reverser deployed uncommanded and inadvertently during takeoff, causing the aircraft to stall at low altitude and strike trees (ASN, citing investigators).
A USAF C-5A Galaxy (68-0228) bound for Dhahran with supplies for Operation Desert Shield crashed shortly after takeoff from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, after striking trees with its left wing. Thirteen of the seventeen people aboard were killed and four were injured.