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| Date: | Thursday 30 November 1978 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 68-10936 |
| MSN: | 4316 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Engine model: | Allison T56-A-7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km from Cottageville, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fayetteville-Pope AFB, NC (POB/KPOB) |
| Charleston AFB, SC (CHS/KCHS) |
Struck by lightning; crashed on a farm.
Sources:
The News and Courier - Dec 2, 1978
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); October 1976
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