Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 06 FEB 1992 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130B Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 58-0732 |
| C/n / msn: | 3527 |
| First flight: | 1959 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 11 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Evansville, IN (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military training |
| Departure airport: | Evansville-Dress Regional Airport, IN (EVV/KEVV), United States of America |
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Shortly after departure from runway 22 at Evansville (EVV), the Hercules stalled and crashed into a restaurant next to the Drury Inn hotel.
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Sources:
» Military plane hits restaurant (Elyria Chronicle Telegram, 1992-02-07)
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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.
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Lockheed C-130
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