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| Date: | Friday 28 April 1978 |
| Time: | 14:50 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 63-7766 |
| MSN: | 3832 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Sparrevohn Air Force Station, AK (SVW) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Anchorage-Elmendorf AFB, AK (EDF/PAED) |
| Sparrevohn Air Force Station, AK (SVW/PASV) |
Crashed short of the runway, broke up and caught fire.
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