- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: April 13, 1982
Time: 1440
Location: Near Erzurum, Turkey
Operator: Military - U.S. Air Force
Flight #: ?
Route: Erzurum - Incirlik
AC Type: Lockheed C-130H
Registration: 74-1678
cn / ln: 4645
Aboard: 27   (passengers:19  crew:8)
Fatalities: 27   (passengers:19  crew:8)
Ground: 0
Summary: Failure of the No.4 engine followed by separation of the engine and propeller of the No.3 engine. Overpressurization of the right wing resulting in an explosion and in-flight fire. A Mayday was received from the aircraft before it fell and crashed into mountainous terrain and burst into flames. Attachment bolts to support the No. 4 engine had not been installed.
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