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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1970 |
| Time: | 14:00 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 64-0536 |
| MSN: | 4025 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 43 / Occupants: 43 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tainan -
 Taiwan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Taichung-CCK |
| Tainan Taiwan |
The C-130E took off from Taipei at 14:00 for a 25-minute flight to Ching Chuan Kang AB. The airplane crashed near a 700-ft hill in the Cha Tien Shan mountains, 13 miles SW of Taipei. The wreckage was found on October 8, 1970.
Sources:
https://www.c-130.net/aircraft-database/C-130/airframe-profile/6957/
Location
Media:
By Original Photographer Unknown - https://www.c-130.net/g3/c-130-photos/North-American-C-130-Photos/USAF-C-130/10931006_10204973198783122_1709106574329808428_n-1, Public Domain, Link
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2024 12:17 | whiteshark | Updated [Time, Source, ] |
| 21-Jun-2025 12:41 | Anon. | Updated [Date, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 11-Aug-2025 18:56 | DLK | Updated [Date, ] |
| 11-Aug-2025 18:58 | ASN | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
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