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| Date: | Wednesday 9 August 1989 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | 463th Army Unit USAF |
| Registration: | 74-1681 |
| MSN: | 4654 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1976 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Bragg, NC -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A Lockheed C-130H Hercules attached to the 463th Army Unit at Dyess Air Force Base near Abilene, Texas, crashed about 19:00.
Three 28' extraction chutes were deployed while dropping heavy equipment over the Sicily Drop Zone. A Sheridan tank M551 got stuck with the parachute cables, slowing the plane rapidly. Crew put gear and flaps down in an attempt to land on Sicily DZ and impacted berm along a sunken road at the end of the Drop Zone.
The aircraft struck the ground nose first and the wreckage was flattened. The Loadmaster was killed while attempting to get around the tank to cut the extraction line. Air Force Base Fire Department extinguished the blaze in about an hour.
The names of the crew were released by Sgt. Joe Bela, public information specialist at Pope:
-Technical Sgt. Charles R. Alfred died in the crash,
- Injured were Lt. Col. Shanon P. Dunlap, Capt. Daniel B. Boughton, Capt. Kevin Sluss, Sgt. Lavell Williams, Sgt. Adam L. Parsons and Sgt. Brian B. Johnson.
Sources:
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/08/10/One-killed-six-injured-as-cargo-plane-crashes/6391618724800/
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Athens-Athinai Airport (ATH); May 1983
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2025 18:03 | hexatus | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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