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| Date: | Friday 27 September 1974 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-5A Galaxy |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 68-0227 |
| MSN: | 500-0030 |
| Engine model: | General Electric TF39 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clinton Municipal Airport, OK (CLK) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Altus AFB, OK (LTS/KLTS) |
| Altus AFB, OK (LTS/KLTS) |
A locked brake on taxi/takeoff from Altus AFB (LTS) caused a fuselage fire. The airplane landed at Clinton Municipal Airport, OK (CLK) instead of Clinton-Sherman Airport, OK (CSM). The aircraft departed the runway and broke up into three pieces,
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photo (c) Gsolomon; Clinton Municipal Airport, OK (CLK); September 1974
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