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| Date: | Tuesday 21 June 1977 |
| Time: | 21:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 156176 |
| MSN: | 4280 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1,5 km off Wake Island Airport (AWK) -
 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wake Island Airport (AWK/PAWK) |
| Guam-Agana NAS (NGM) |
Crashed into sea after night takeoff.
Sources:
Location
Images:
photo (c) Peter Donaldson; Mildenhall RAF Station (MHZ/EGUN); 03 February 1974
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