Accident Lockheed C-130E Hercules 64-0543, Wednesday 12 May 1982
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Date:Wednesday 12 May 1982
Time:20:35
Type:Silhouette image of generic C130 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed C-130E Hercules
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 64-0543
MSN: 4033
Year of manufacture:1965
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Judsonia, AR -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR (LRF/KLRF)
Destination airport:Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR (LRF/KLRF)
Narrative:
The C-130 had departed Little Rock AFB on a local training mission. It was descending from 3000 feet to 2000 feet to join four other aircraft in an "in-trail formation" when a wing failed. Control was lost and the airplane crashed in a wooded area.

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