Evansville - Evansville

On February 6, 1992 at 10:00 AM, Evansville - Evansville experienced a crash involving Lockheed C-130 Hercules, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near Evansville-William H. Dress Indiana.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a city crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 17 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 340.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 12.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was completing a local training flight at Evansville-William H. Dress Airport on behalf of the Kentucky National Guard, consisting of touch-and-go maneuvers. On approach to runway 22, the crew was instructed by ATC to initiate a go-around for unknown reasons. The crew increased engine power and climbed to a height of 1,500 feet when the aircraft entered a nose down attitude, plunged and crashed onto an hotel located 4,800 feet short of runway 22 threshold. The aircraft, the hotel and a restaurant were destroyed. All five crew members as well as 11 people on the hotel/restaurant were killed. A police officer who was seriously injured in the accident died from his injuries 10 days later.

Aircraft reference details include registration 58-0732, MSN 3527, year of manufacture 1959.