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* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 8]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 55-0020, c.n. 3047, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed in [[France]] in bad weather. |
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 8]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 55-0020, c.n. 3047, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed in [[France]] in bad weather. |
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* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 17]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 56-0546, c.n. 3154, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, 322nd Air Division, crashed into mountain peak in [[Kenya]] in bad weather after it descended under given altitude. |
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[May 17]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 56-0546, c.n. 3154, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, 322nd Air Division, crashed into mountain peak in [[Kenya]] in bad weather after it descended under given altitude. |
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* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[November 26]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 56-0488, c.n. 3096, of the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Squadron, crashed on go-around at [[Sewart Air Force Base]], [[Tennessee]], during a training flight - lost two engines. |
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[November 26]] [[1962]]:''' C-130A 56-0488, c.n. 3096, of the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Squadron, crashed on go-around at [[Sewart Air Force Base]], [[Tennessee]], during a training flight - lost two engines. |
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* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[August 27]] [[1963]]:''' C-130A 56-0474, c.n. 3082, of the 315th Air Division, burned at [[Naha Air Base]] during refuelling. |
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* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[January 11]] [[1965]]:''' During an engine run-up test at [[Forbes Field]], [[Kansas]], a C-130B 58-0719, c.n. 3514, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, jumped the wheel chocks and pivoted into C-130B 58-0730, c.n. 3525, of the same squadron. Both airframes were destroyed in the ensuing fire. |
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[January 11]] [[1965]]:''' During an engine run-up test at [[Forbes Field]], [[Kansas]], a C-130B 58-0719, c.n. 3514, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, jumped the wheel chocks and pivoted into C-130B 58-0730, c.n. 3525, of the same squadron. Both airframes were destroyed in the ensuing fire. |
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* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 19]] [[1966]]:''' The entire crew of seven were killed when C-130B 61-2641, c.n. 3677, crashed at [[Senja]] shortly after takeoff from [[Bardufoss Air Station]], [[Norway]]. |
* [[Image:USAF_roundel.svg|25px|USAF Roundel]]'''[[March 19]] [[1966]]:''' The entire crew of seven were killed when C-130B 61-2641, c.n. 3677, crashed at [[Senja]] shortly after takeoff from [[Bardufoss Air Station]], [[Norway]]. |
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The C-130 Hercules is generally a highly reliable aircraft. The Royal Air Force recorded an accident rate of about one aircraft loss per 250,000 flying hours over the last forty years, making it one of the safest aircraft they operate (alongside Vickers VC10s and Lockheed Tristars with no flying losses).[1] However, more than 15% of production has been lost, including 70 by the USAF and the USMC during the conflict in Southeast Asia.[2][3] This is an incomplete listing, still under construction, and omits the C-130A tested to destruction, and airframes retired or withdrawn from service in the course of useful operational lives.
Crashes by decade
1950s
- September 2 1958: C-130A-II, 56-0528, c.n. 3136, of the 7406th CCS was shot down by four MiG-17 fighters when it flew into Soviet airspace over Yerevan, Armenia while on a SIGINT mission, with all 17 crew killed. A look-alike C-130A is displayed in Vigilance Park at the National Security Agency headquarters at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. This was the first operational C-130 hull loss.[4]
- September 19 1958: C-130A 56-0526, c.n. 3134, of the 314th Troop Carrier Wing, had a mid-air collision with a French Dassault Super Mystére over France.
- May 20 1959: C-130A 57-0468, c.n. 3175, of the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron, 483rd Troop Carrier Wing, crashed at Ashiya, Japan when it lost control during landing with single-engine failure.
1960s
- May 27 1961: A Tactical Air Command C-130B 59-1534, c.n. 3570, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, veered off the runway during landing at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, with single-engine failure. Hull written off.
- October 1961: Tactical Air Command C-130B 58-0745, c.n. 3543 of the 317th Troop Carrier Wing was damaged in a refuelling fire at Evreux Air Base, France, and written off. Front portion towed to Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany, to repair C-130B 58-0734, c.n. 3530, in October 1969.
- March 8 1962: C-130A 55-0020, c.n. 3047, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed in France in bad weather.
- May 17 1962: C-130A 56-0546, c.n. 3154, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, 322nd Air Division, crashed into mountain peak in Kenya in bad weather after it descended under given altitude.
- November 26 1962: C-130A 56-0488, c.n. 3096, of the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Squadron, crashed on go-around at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, during a training flight - lost two engines.
- August 27 1963: C-130A 56-0474, c.n. 3082, of the 315th Air Division, burned at Naha Air Base during refuelling.
- January 11 1965: During an engine run-up test at Forbes Field, Kansas, a C-130B 58-0719, c.n. 3514, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, jumped the wheel chocks and pivoted into C-130B 58-0730, c.n. 3525, of the same squadron. Both airframes were destroyed in the ensuing fire.
- March 19 1966: The entire crew of seven were killed when C-130B 61-2641, c.n. 3677, crashed at Senja shortly after takeoff from Bardufoss Air Station, Norway.
- April 15 1966: An RCAF CC-130B 10304, c.n. 3590, crash landed in a field after losing a forward cargo door inflight, resulting in structural damage due to explosive decompression. .[5]
- April 27 1967: An RCAF CC-130E 130309 (formerly 10309), c.n. 4050, crashed after take-off from Trenton, possibly due to an elevator trim failure.[6]
- March 24 1969: Six crew members were killed when an RAF C-130K, XV180, c.n. 4196, crashed shortly after take off at Fairford in Gloucestershire. The aircraft was on a routine training flight when it stalled on take-off and plunged into a ploughed field 300 yards from the end of the runway. [7]
- May 18 1969: USMC KC-130F BuNo 149814, c.n. 3723, of VMGR-352, collided head-on with F-4B BuNo 151450 while refuelling another F-4B over South Vietnam.
- May 23 1969: A drunken U.S. Air Force crew chief started up a C-130E, 63-7789, c.n. 3856, of the 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron at RAF Mildenhall and took off in it headed for Langley AFB, Virginia. He crashed into the English Channel off Alderney shortly thereafter.[8]
1970s
- November 9 1971: An RAF C-130K, XV216, c.n. 4243, from 24 Sqn crashed into the sea of Pisa with 46 Italian paratroopers onboard. There were no survivors.[9]
- September 10 1973: An RAF C-130K, XV198, c.n. 4219, from 48 Sqn crashed at RAF Colerne in Wiltshire. It was carrying out co-pilot training when it was overshooting from runway 07 with a simulated engine failure when the other engine on that side failed. At that height (400ft) and speed involved, the asymmetric forces proved too much for the crew to control and the aircraft dived into the ground. The Captain was Sqn/Ldr Tony Barrett, and all 5 crew died. [10]
- September 12 1972: An RAF C-130, XV194, c.n. 4214 veered off runway on landing at Tromsø/Langnes Airport (TOS), in Norway and ended up in a ditch. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
- October 15 1973:USAF C-130E, 62-1845, c.n. 3808, crashed on the north side of Sugarloaf Mountain, 20 miles south of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The aircraft exploded on impact and was destroyed by fire. All seven persons aboard were killed. [11]
- August 27 1976:, An Venezuelan Air Force C-130H military transport aircraft, FAV-7772, c.n. 4408, named "24 de Julio" crashed after three attempts for bad weather and low visibility. The aircraft was carrying 68 passengers (members of the "Orfeón Universitário" of UCV-Venezuelan Central University, in flight to Barcelona, Spain to participate in the "Festival Internacional del Canto Coral") and 5 crew members. In all, 73 people died.[12]
1980s
- April 24 1980: During the ill-fated secret rescue mission at an airstrip in the Great Salt Desert of Eastern Iran, near Tabas codenamed Operation Eagle Claw, an EC-130E, 62-1809, c.n. 3770, of the 7th ACCS, was destroyed in collision with a RH-53D helicopter. As the helicopter took off it clipped the C-130 and crashed, killing five USAF aircrew in the C-130, and three USMC aircrew in the RH-53 [13] Several other RH-53s had to be abandoned at the site after suffering shrapnel damage from the collision.
- September 14 1980: A Zaire Air Force C-130H, 9T-TCE, c.n. 4569, crashed during take-off from Kindu, Zaire, during a three-engine attempt with a maximum load.
- October 15 1980:A Canadian Forces CC-130E Hercules 130312 (formerly 10312), c.n. 4061, of 436 Squadron, stalled at low level and crashed near Chapais, Quebec, while on a Search and Rescue Mission for a lost helicopter.[14]
- October 29 1980: An extensively modified YMC-130H, 74-1683, c.n. 4658, crashed at Duke Field, Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field 3, Florida, during a demonstration for a planned Iranian hostage rescue attempt named Operation Credible Sport. Arresting rockets failed to fire, resulting in an extremely heavy landing that tore off the starboard wing and set the aircraft on fire. Despite this, the entire crew survived. The wrecked hull was buried at Duke Field.
- November 16 1982: A Canadian Forces CC-130H 130329, c.n. 4553, crashed during a Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) operation at Namao when the load failed to clear the Aircraft causing it to crash.[15]
- March 29 1985: Two Canadian Forces CC-130H, 130330, c.n. 4555, and 130331, c.n. 4559, both of 435th Squadron, crashed after having a mid-air collision over CFB Namao, near Edmonton, Alberta.[16][17]
- July 1 1987: A USAF C-130E, 68-10945, c.n. 4325, crashed during a military exercise at Fort Bragg, narrowly missing spectators seconds before it crashed and burned, killing four crewmen as well as a soldier on the ground. Two other crewmen were injured. The plane was displaying a low level airdrop technique in which a parachute is used to pull a tank out the rear cargo door while the plane is a few feet above the ground, known as LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System).
- August 17 1988: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan from 1978, was killed when the C-130B he was on (PAF 23494, ex-USAF 62-3494, c.n. 3708) reportedly crashed shortly after take off from Bahawalpur. All on board were killed, including the US ambassador to Pakistan, a US general and 17 top ranking Pakistan Army personnel. Two of the scheduled passengers who did not board the aircraft later reached the highest rank in Pakistan Army, chiefly because most of their seniors died in this incident. One of them is the current president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf. Although many people do not consider this an accident, neither Pakistan nor US government properly investigated the incident and made the findings public. Some researchers claim that there was a bomb hidden in the mango crates which were loaded on the plane without proper clearance. Eyewitnesses claim that the aircraft exploded in the air. Such claims were declared false by the government and the remains of the aircraft were swiftly disposed of.[18]
- January 30 1989: A Canadian Forces CC-130E, 130318 (formerly 10318), c.n. 4124, which was serving with 435 Squadron when it crashed 600 feet short of the runway during a night approach at -46C, in Fort Wainwright, Alaska. [19]
1990s
- October 30 1991: An AIRCOM CC-130 Hercules transport aircraft, CAF 130322, c.n. 4192, flying to Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert from Edmonton, Alberta via Thule, Greenland, was on final approach to the airstrip. The pilot apparently was flying by sight rather than relying on instruments. The aircraft crashed on Ellesmere Island approximately 18 miles short of the runway, killing 5 of the 18 passengers and crew. Subsequent rescue efforts by personnel from CFS Alert, USAF personnel from Thule, and CF personnel from 440 Squadron, CFB Edmonton, Alberta and Trenton, Ontario, were hampered by a blizzard and local terrain. The crash investigation recommended all CC-130s be retrofitted with ground proximity detectors and beefed-up Arctic Survival Equipment. The crash and rescue efforts were the basis of a film called "Ordeal in the Arctic."
- February 6 1992: A C-130B, 58-0732, c.n. 3527, of the 165th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Kentucky Air National Guard, with five crew aboard (3 pilots, 1 flight engineer and 1 loadmaster), stalled on take-off and crashed one mile south of Evansville Regional Airport, Evansville, Indiana, United States, on U.S. Highway 41. Sixteen people were killed in the crash and fifteen others were injured.
- February 3 1993: A Lockheed L-100-20, c.n. 4412, used as the Lockheed HTTB (High Technology Test Bed), crashed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, in Marietta, GA. The Lockheed engineering testbed was used to evaluate the fly-by-wire rudder actuator and the ground minimum control speed (VMCG). During the final high-speed ground test-run, the aircraft accidentally veered left and became airborne. The Hercules climbed to 250 feet and crashed. All 7 crew aboard perished in the crash, in which a Navy clinic was narrowly missed.
- May 27 1993: An RAF C-130K Hercules, 65-13038 (c/n 4213, XV193), crashed at Glen Tilt, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland when it stalled after cargo drop. 8 RAF crew and one Army Air Despatcher on board perished.
- July 22 1993:A Canadian Forces CC-130E 130321 (formerly 10321), c.n. 4191, 435 Squadron, Edmonton Alberta crashed while performing a low level practice LAPES drop at CFB Wainwright, Alberta. During the drop the airplane hit a berm and crashed in prairie grassland, breaking up in three pieces.
- March 23 1994: an F-16D Fighting Falcon, USAF 88-0171, collided in midair with a C-130E Hercules, USAF 68-10942, c.n. 4322, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., at Green Ramp, where paratroopers from adjacent Fort Bragg prepare for missions. The F-16D skidded into a C-141B Starlifter, USAF 66-0173, on Pope’s flight line. The ensuing explosion sent debris raining down on soldiers and airmen waiting to board. The C-130 managed to land safely. The incident was described in “Disaster at Green Ramp” a book by Mary Ellen Condon-Rall.
- August 13 1994:: A civilian Lockheed C-130A, N135FF, former USAF 56-0540, c.n. 3148, operating as Tanker 82, crashed in steep mountainous terrain near Pearblossom, California. The aircraft was destroyed, killing the three people on board. The aircraft was owned by Aero Firefighting Service Company, Inc., and was operated by Hemet Valley Flying Service, Inc., on lease to the U.S. Forest Service as a public use aircraft. [20]
- July 15 1996: A C-130H, CH-06, c.n. 4473, of the Belgian Air Force, crashed at Eindhoven AB in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The aircraft was carrying 37 members of the Dutch Army Fanfare Band, 2 pilots, 1 engineer and 1 loadmaster (41 total). The aircraft had departed from Villafranca in Italy. It is believed that the co-pilot initiated a go-around after noticing a flock of birds on the runway. Some were ingested resulting in loss of power on three engines. The aircraft hit the runway and caught fire. Thirty two people died in the crash and resulting fire. Nine heavily burned survivors were rescued, 2 of whom later died in the hospital.
- June 11 1999: An RAF C-130 Hercules, (c/n 4264, XV298), crashed at Kukes, Albania when the load shifted on take-off.[21]
2000s
- January 14 2000: A Bolivian Air Force C-130B, serial TAM60, former USAF 58-0758, c.n. 3559, crashed at Chimorre Airport (Bolivia). The aircraft departed down the left side of runway 35, but 600 meters from the approach end, impacted into a ditch and came to rest in a forested area off the left side of the runway. The aircraft was a total loss with 7 crew and 24 passengers dead. [22]
- June 17 2002: While fighting a fire in northern California, a wing of a C-130A Hercules, N130HP, former USAF 56-0538, c.n. 3146, operated by Hawkins & Powers Aviation, came off as the spar failed during a pull-out from a drop near Walker, California. It rolled inverted and crashed into the forest, killing all three crew. This second C-130A fire fighting crash, coupled with the loss of PB4Y-2 N7620C at Estes Park, Colorado on July 18, 2002, resulted in the Interior Department canceling its contract for all heavy tankers. [23] [24]
- December 29 2004: In the darkness, an MC-130H Talon II, USAF 85-0012, c.n. 5054, of the 15th Special Operations Squadron, landed on an incomplete runway in Iraq. The aircraft was destroyed but fortunately there were no deaths. pictures
- January 30 2005: An RAF C-130K Hercules C.1, XV179. c.n. 4195, with 10 crew on board was hit by insurgent fire while taking off from Baghdad airport for Balad. A fire triggered by the hit induced an explosion in the right hand wing fuel tank.[25]
- December 6 2005:, An Iranian Air Force C-130E military transport aircraft, IIAF 5-8519, c.n. 4399, crashed into a ten-floor apartment building, home to a number of air force personnel, in a residential area of Tehran, the capital city of Iran. The aircraft was carrying 84 passengers (68 of whom were journalists due to watch military exercises off the country's south coast) and 10 crew members. In all, 116 people died.
- May 24 2006: A Special Forces RAF Hercules C.1P XV206, c.n. 4231, of No. 47 Squadron's Special Forces Flight carrying the new British ambassador in Afghanistan, Stephen Evans, crash landed at a dirt landing strip outside the town of Lashkar Gar in the in Helmand Province, Afghanistan after hitting a landmine on roll-out which holed the port external fuel tank and set the number two engine on fire. All nine crew and 26 passengers aboard safely evacuated, but the airframe burned out. It was later revealed that the Hercules was carrying a large number of SAS troops as well as a large amount of cash described as being one million dollars in some sources, and as "more than one million pounds" by others, while the MoD only admitted to a "sizeable amount of cash". The money was apparently destined for local warlords in exchange for their influence and intelligence.[26]
- June 11 2006: Lockheed Hercules C-130H, Chad Air Force TT-PAF, formerly Lockheed N73238, c.n. 5141, crashed at Abéché, Chad. [27]
- July 28 2006: United States Coast Guard Lockheed Hercules HC-130H, CG 1710, c.n. 5028, crashed at Saint Paul Island, Alaska. There were no reported injuries among the nine crewmen on board. [28]
- August 13 2006:, a Civilian Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules belonging to Air Algeria, registered 7T-VHG, formerly Lockheed N4148M, c.n. 4880, was destroyed when it collided with terrain following a high-rate descent from 24,000 feet in Piacenza, Italy. The pilot, co-pilot, and flight engineer were killed. [29]
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