Ramstein pics: last years' 20-million-dollars-damage USAF Hercules C-130J hard landing...

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Ramstein pics: last years' 20-million-dollars-damage USAF Hercules C-130J hard landing...

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...one picture at
https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20200423-0 .

Several more images thru
https://www.afjag.af.mil/Portals/77/Use ... ermany.pdf
from pages 25 to 30 in the PDF.
Status: Final
Date: Thursday 23 April 2020
Time: 17:24
Type: Lockheed C-130J-30 Super Hercules
Operator: United States Air Force - USAF

Registration: 11-5736
C/n / msn: 5736
First flight: 2013
Total airframe hrs: 4624

The C-130J-30, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany,
conducted a routine periodic evaluation flight for a pilot.
https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20200423-0
has more.
The landing g-load exceedance resulted in significant damage
to the center wing, both outer wings, left and right main landing gear assemblies, and engines, to include mounting structures.
The estimated damages are $20,917,089
November 2024 update at FokkerNews.nl....
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