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| 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 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 13 km NW off Trujillo-Capiro Airport (TJI) -
 Honduras
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Balboa-Howard AFB (HOW/MPHO) |
| Trujillo-Capiro Airport (TJI/MHTJ) |
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.
Sources:
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
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