Lockheed C-5 Galaxy crash, Apr 3, 2006, Dover AFB
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy accident on April 3, 2006 near Dover AFB, Delaware, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Human error: the crew shut down a...
- Date: April 3, 2006
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
- Location: Dover AFB, Delaware, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Human error: the crew shut down a working engine and did not use the operational No. 3 engine, used the wrong flap setting, and attempted a visual approach far below the normal glide path.
A USAF C-5B left Dover for Kuwait with a stop at Ramstein, but ten minutes into the flight the crew reported technical problems and returned. On final approach to runway 32 the aircraft descended below the glide path and struck the ground short of the runway. It broke into three pieces, but the occupants survived, with some injured and three crew seriously hurt.