Date:	Tuesday 22 January 1985
Time:	09:35
Type:	Lockheed C-130A Hercules
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	56-0501
MSN:	3109
Year of manufacture:	1957
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	13 km NW off Trujillo-Capiro Airport (TJI) -   Honduras
Phase:	Approach
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Balboa-Howard AFB (HOW/MPHO)
Destination airport:	Trujillo-Capiro Airport (TJI/MHTJ)

Narrative:
The Hercules struck the sea in a left-wing low attitude with gear and flaps retracted. The airplane was positioning for a visual approach to the coastal airport of Trujillo. Weather at the time of the accident was a 1500 feet ceiling and a visibility of 2,5 km.

Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999

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