- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 10, 2017
Time: 1600
Location: Near Itta Bena, Mississipi
Operator: USMC
Flight #: ?
Route: Cherry Point, NC - El Centro, CA
AC Type: Lockheed KC-130T Hercules
Registration: 165000
cn / ln: 382-5303
Aboard: 16   (passengers:14  crew:2)
Fatalities: 16   (passengers:14  crew:2)
Ground: 0
Summary: While en route, the Marine Corps transport suffered an explosion and structural failure at 20,000 ft., spiraled down and crashed into a soybean field. The investigation determined the cause of the mishap to be an inflight departure of the number four blade from the number two propeller.
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