Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 20 APR 1974 |
| Time: | ca 21:00 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 62-1841 |
| C/n / msn: | 3804 |
| First flight: | 1963 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Guam-Agana NAS (NGM) (Guam)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Guam-Andersen AFB (UAM/PGUA), Guam |
| Guam-Andersen AFB (UAM/PGUA), Guam |
The C-130E aircraft was based at Andersen AFB (UAM) on Guam and departed on a training mission to perform touch-and-go's at Guam-Agana NAS (NGM). Prior to one of the landings, the no. 3 or no. 4 engine had been shut down. The aircraft experienced a blow-out of tires on the right hand main landing gear on touchdown. It yawed right, skidded across a taxiway and parking ramp narrowly missing a parked line of A-3 fighters. It finally came to rest against an embankment where the remains of the aircraft completely burned out.
Sources:
» 6 Feared dead in air crash (San Mateo Times, 1974-04-20)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Guam-Andersen AFB to Guam-Andersen AFB as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Guam-Andersen AFB to Guam-Andersen AFB as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
