Tehran - Shiraz

On December 21, 1976 at 12:00 AM, Tehran - Shiraz experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-130 Hercules, operated by Imperial Iranian Air Force, with the event recorded near Shiraz Fars.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. On approach to Shiraz in bad weather conditions, the airplane struck a mountain and crashed. All nine occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration 5-8536, MSN 4463, year of manufacture 1972.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 29.6194°, 52.5408°.