Green Ramp Disaster
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The Green Ramp Disaster occurred on March 23, 1994, while approximately 500 Paratroopers stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, were preparing for an Airborne Operation at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. Shortly after 1400 hours an F-16D, (88-0171) collided with a USAF Lockheed C-130E Hercules (68-10942) at an altitude of 300 feet. The C-130 continued and landed safely. Both F-16 pilots ejected, but the airplane crashed onto the taxiway. It skidded into the loading C-141B, (66-0173) puncturing the fuel tanks in the right wing, causing a massive fire. The crash produced a massive fire which plowed through Paratroopers at Green Ramp. Approximately 500 troops were in the vicinity of the accident, 23 were killed and over 80 were injured.
This accident resulted in the worst peacetime loss of life suffered by the 82nd Airborne Division since World War II.
[edit] External links
- http://students.ncsu.edu/senate/bills.php?lid=155&s=03
- Disaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response, from The U.S. Army Center of Military History
- Aviation Safety Network
- incident details from C-141 Heaven
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