Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 APR 1978 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 63-7787 |
| C/n / msn: | 3854 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Fort Irwin-Bicycle Lake AAF, CA (BYS) (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fort Irwin-Bicycle Lake AAF, CA (BYS/KBYS), United States of America |
| Fort Irwin-Bicycle Lake AAF, CA (BYS/KBYS), United States of America |
Crashed after stalling.
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Distance from Fort Irwin-Bicycle Lake AAF, CA to Fort Irwin-Bicycle Lake AAF, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Fort Irwin-Bicycle Lake AAF, CA to Fort Irwin-Bicycle Lake AAF, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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.
