Date: | Friday 14 March 1980 |
Time: | 15:00 |
Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
Registration: | 74-2064 |
MSN: | 4659 |
Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 15 km W of Adana-Incirlik Air Base (ADA) -
Turkey
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | Adana-Incirlik Air Base (UAB/LTAG) |
Narrative:A C-130H Hercules transport plane. 74-2064, was engaged in a logistics mission out of Adana-Incirlik Air Base to several U.S. military installations in Turkey. The aircraft was returning to Adana when an explosion occurred in a left wing fuel tank.
At the time the aircraft was descending through 5000 feet to 3000 feet. The flight crew lost control and the aircraft impacted terrain.
Sources:
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
Location
Images:
photo (c) United States Air Force; 15 km W of Adana-Incirlik Air Base (ADA); 14 March 1980; (publicdomain)
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