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No Eyes in the Clumsy Skies .....
Arie Church (3/17/2015)
Air Mobility Command accident investigators determined that inadequate visual scanning and overreliance on collision avoidance systems by the crews of an Air Force Reserve Command C-130H and Army Special Operations Command C-27J caused the midair collision of these airplanes near Pope Field, N.C., last December.
They found "convincing evidence" that "a breakdown in visual scan” result[ed] in insufficient clearing of the aircraft flight path by both aircrews," states AMC’s March 16 release summarizing the accident investigation board’s report on the Dec. 1, 2014, mishap .....
http://www.amc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123441882
The 440th Airlift Wing’s C-130 was pulling up after a nighttime low-level supply drop with night-vision goggles when the C-27J clipped it roughly eight miles south of Mackall AAF, N.C.
The C-27 passed head-on diagonally under the C-130, grazing the latter’s underside with its wingtip.
The C-27's vertical stabilizer struck the C-130’s right wing, external fuel tank, and outboard engine nacelle, according to the AIB report (caution, large-sized file.) .....
http://www.airforcemag.com/AircraftAcci ... H_Pope.pdf
The impact sheared a third of the C-27’s vertical tail, but both aircraft landed safely.
The C-130, serial number 88-4404, sustained an estimated $1.8 million in damage and associated cleanup, according to the report.
There were no injuries to either crew.
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