Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 24 APR 1980 |
| Type: | Lockheed EC-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-1809 |
| C/n / msn: | 3770 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Collision casualties: | Fatalities: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Posht-i-Badam (Iran)
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| Phase: | Standing (STD) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Destroyed after collision with USMC RH-53D Sea Stallion (158761) helicopter during a US hostage rescue operation.
Sources:
» Toledo Blade - Apr 27, 1980
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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.
