1974 United States Air Force WC-130 disappearance
54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, United States Air Force Lockheed WC-130 · Disappearance
From Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base (CRK) to Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base (CRK)
Event
- Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
- Accident
- Event fatalities
- 6 · all aircraft and ground
- Ground fatalities
- Unknown
- Occupants
- 6
- Survivors
- 0
- InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
- Unknown
- OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
- Military
Lockheed WC-130
- Aircraft type
- Lockheed WC-130
- Category
- Airplane · from aircraft type
- RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
- 65-0965
- Onboard fatalities
- 6
- Route
- From Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base (CRK)To Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base (CRK)
Not plotted · Not plotted: the Wikipedia article gives no coordinates, and its site names no town or airport that matches exactly.
From the Wikipedia article
USAF WC-130 'Swan 38' was a Lockheed WC-130 aircraft tasked to investigate Typhoon Bess in 1974. It was lost during the mission, with the loss of its six crew.
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Sources
Wikipedia article: 1974 United States Air Force WC-130 disappearance
- Revision
- 1370670168 · 2026-08-22 · retrieved 2026-09-18
- Wikidata
- Q4576261
- Licence
- Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Where each value comes from
- Record
- Wikipedia article "1974 United States Air Force WC-130 disappearance" (page 32139554, revision 1370670168)
- Date
- Wikipedia infobox: date
- Place and country
- Wikipedia infobox: site; country from Wikidata (P17)
- Map position
- none
- Aircraft, operator and route
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
- Operation
- operator named as an armed force or military unit in the infobox
- Fatalities
- Wikipedia infobox: aircraft fatalities
- Ground fatalities
- not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
- Summary
- Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
- Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.