| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | February 26, 1981 |
| Time: | 0525 |
| Location: | Off Tabones Island Philippines |
| Operator: | Military - U.S. Air Force |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Training |
| AC Type: | Lockheed MC-130E-Y |
| Registration: | 64-0564 |
| cn / ln: | 4074 |
| Aboard: | 24 (passengers:15 crew:9) |
| Fatalities: | 23 (passengers:15 crew:8) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The military transport crashed into Subic Bay, 15 miles west-northwest of Cubi Point Naval Air Station where it had taken off an hour earlier and where it was on approach to land. Witnesses saw the aircraft flying at a low altitude just before crashing into the sea and exploding in flames. |
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