56-0528 — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

September 2, 1958Accident
The crew departed Incirlik AFB near Adana on a survey flight over Turkey. The mission consisted of an overflight of the region of Trabzon and Van, maintaining a minimum distance of 160 km with the Turkey/Armenia border.
Lockheed C-130 Hercules · 17 fatalities
Shot down by a Soviet Air Force fighter after it flew into the Soviet Airspace without prior permission. The C-130 crew may have become disoriented by Soviet navigational beacons which were on frequencies similar to those at Trabzon and Van, one signal in Georgia was stronger than that in Trabzon. Full accident record