Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 AUG 1989 |
| Time: | ca 19:00 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 74-1681 |
| C/n / msn: | 4654 |
| First flight: | 1976 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Fort Bragg, NC (United States of America) |
| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed while dropping an M551 Sheridan tank over the Sicily Drop Zone at Fort Bragg.
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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.
