ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 324387
| Date: | Saturday 17 August 1996 |
| Time: | 23:48 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130H Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 74-1662 |
| MSN: | 4597 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 14,5 km E of Jackson Hole, WY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Jackson Hole Airport, WY (JAC/KJAC) |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) |
The crew failed to monitor the aircraft's position and flight path relative to high terrain surrounding Jackson Hole Airport. Consequently, the C-130 struck a mountain. The C-130 was flying a presidential support airlift mission
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