Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 FEB 1984 |
| Time: | 20:22 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 68-10944 |
| C/n / msn: | 4324 |
| First flight: | 1969 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4 km (2.5 mls) NW of Borja (Spain) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG), Spain |
| Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG), Spain |
The C-130E Hercules departed Zaragoza on a low-level supply drop training mission. Weather in the area included a 1200-feet ceiling with 6 km visibility. The Hercules struck the face of a mesa at an elevation of 2200 feet.
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Sources:
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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Distance from Zaragoza Airport to Zaragoza Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Zaragoza Airport to Zaragoza Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN 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.
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