Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Sep 21, 1981 (7 killed), N...
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on September 21, 1981 near Nellis AFB, Nevada, United States with 7 fatalities.
- Date: September 21, 1981
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Nellis AFB, Nevada, United States
- Fatalities: 7
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A USAF C-130 crashed about a mile short of a darkened runway at Indian Springs Air Force Base, Nevada, during night military maneuvers on 21 September 1981; fuel leaking from the wreck caught fire. UPI reported seven soldiers killed and 61 injured.