ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327473
| Date: | Tuesday 28 February 1984 |
| Time: | 20:22 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 68-10944 |
| MSN: | 4324 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4 km NW of Borja -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG) |
| Zaragoza Airport (ZAZ/LEZG) |
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.
Sources:
Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Frankfurt International Airport (FRA); August 1979
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