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Draft:1992 Evansville C-130 crash

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On February 6th, 1992 A Lockheed C-130 operated by the Kentucky Air National Guard crashed into the Drury Inn and adjacent Jojos restaraunt in Evansville, Indiana. The C-130, registered 58-0732 had been performing touch and goes for a routine practice run when a suspected Engine failure on takeoff occured, the plane stalled and crashed belly down into the Drury Inn, killing 17 people. All 5 on board the plane were killed aswell as 12 on the ground. Along with the 17 fatalities on the plane and ground, 13 people were injured and taken to nearby hospitals with 3 being transferred to a burn unit. It was reported that the plane was carrying 6,000 Pounds of aviation fuel, which is what caused the immense explosion when the plane struck the ground. Both the Drury Inn and the adjacent Jojo's restaraunt were destroyed in the blaze.



Background



In 1977 a DC-3 carrying the Evansville University Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team crashed upon takeoff from the same airport as the forementioned C-130 crash, killing 14 members of the team and their head coach. it was determined the Rudder and Aileron control locks were not removed prior to takeoff, which is what caused the loss of control and crash. in total 29 people were killed. The crash of the C-130 is thus the second most fatal accident in Evansville, Indiana.





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