Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 13 OCT 1974 |
| Type: | Lockheed WC-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 65-0965 |
| C/n / msn: | 4106 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| 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: | South China Sea (Pacific Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Angeles City-Clark AB (CRK/RPMK), Philippines |
| Angeles City-Clark AB (CRK/RPMK), Philippines |
The weather reconnaissance plane was gathering information on typhoon Bess. It penetrated the typhoon between Hong Kong and Taiwan and crashed.
Sources:
» The News and Courier - Oct 14, 1974
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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 Angeles City-Clark AB to Angeles City-Clark AB as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Angeles City-Clark AB to Angeles City-Clark AB 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.
