ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334001
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 May 1959 |
| Time: | 17:29 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 57-0468 |
| MSN: | 3175 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1958 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ashiya Air Base -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Iwo Jima Air Base (IWO/RJAW) |
| Ashiya Air Base (RJFA) |
The C-130 overshot the runway. The pilot tried to pull up, but the C-130 crashed into Air Force barracks.
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photo (c) Benn Bradsher; Ashiya Air Base; 20 May 1959
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