Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 FEB 1972 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-1813 |
| C/n / msn: | 3775 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) E of Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR (LRF) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR (LRF/KLRF), United States of America |
The C-130 was on final approach to Little Rock AFB, AR (LRF) when it collided with a Cessna T-37 Tweet training jet.
The trainer was on a cross country training mission from Big Spring-Webb AFB, TX (BGS). Both pilots ejected safely.
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Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
