Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 08 SEP 1978 |
| Time: | ca 23:00 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 64-0532 |
| C/n / msn: | 4021 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Conway, AR (United States of America) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR (LRF/KLRF), United States of America |
| Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR (LRF/KLRF), United States of America |
The plane was one of four flying in formation to practice instrument approaches at Little Rock AFB. The airplane crashed into a mountain.
Sources:
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR to Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR to Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR 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.
