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| Date: | Sunday 10 December 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 68-10951 |
| MSN: | 4331 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Hopkinsville-Fort Campbell AAF, KY (HOP) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jacksonville-Little Rock AFB, AR (LRF/KLRF) |
| Hopkinsville-Fort Campbell AAF, KY (HOP/KHOP) |
Crashed on approach due to broken throttle linkage.
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