- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | October 04, 1986 |
Time: | 0410 |
Location: | San Antonio, Texas |
Operator: | Southern Air Transport |
Flight #: | 15 |
Route: | Kelly AFB - Warner Robins AFB |
AC Type: | Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
Registration: | N15ST |
cn / ln: | 4391 |
Aboard: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The cargo plane lost altitude and crashed inverted. The use by the carrier of a non-approved device designed to raise the elevator during loading operations which was not properly stowed by the flight crew and which lodged in the controls, preventing the flight crew from controlling the airplane during take-off. |
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