ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 322276
| Date: | Tuesday 6 December 2005 |
| Time: | 14:10 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force - IRIAF |
| Registration: | 5-8519 |
| MSN: | 4399 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1970 |
| Engine model: | Allison T56-A-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 94 / Occupants: 94 |
| Other fatalities: | 12 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tehran -
 Iran
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tehran-Mehrabad Airport (THR/OIII) |
| Bandar Abbas Airport (BND/OIKB) |
The Hercules transport plane departed Mehrabad Airport for Bandar Abbas. The airplane carried a.o. local journalists who were going to cover military exercises there. The pilot had reported no. 4 engine trouble some 8 minutes after takeoff and requested an emergency landing back at Mehrabad. During the ILS approach to runway 29L, the C-130 crashed into a 10-story building in the Azari residential district. Visibility was reported around 1500 m.
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