Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash, Oct 7, 1992 (6 killed), Be...
Lockheed C-130 Hercules accident on October 7, 1992 near Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: Low-level flight into...
- Date: October 7, 1992
- Aircraft: Lockheed C-130 Hercules
- Location: Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Low-level flight into power cables. A November 1992 news report attributed the crash to pilot error, based on unnamed sources; no official finding was located.
A USAF Air National Guard C-130E on a local training flight from Martinsburg, West Virginia, flew at low altitude, struck power cables and crashed onto a house about 3 km northwest of Berkeley Springs. All six crew were killed and one occupant of the house was slightly injured. A news report from November 1992 attributed the crash to pilot error, citing unnamed sources.