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Airframe Details for C-130 #3227

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3227 (57-0520)
LM Aero T/V 3227
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 57-520
C-130A
Current Civilian N119TG
C-130A
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 57-520 C-130A
Unknown [con] 57-520 RC-130A
Converted to RC-130A
Unknown [act] 57-520 USAF 1375 MCS RC-130A
Unknown [con] 57-520 C-130A
Converted to C-130A
Unknown [act] 57-520 USAF 924 TAG C-130A
Unknown [act] 57-520 USAF 711 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] 57-520 USAF 328 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] 57-520 USAF 64 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] N138FF C-130A
US Forest Service Coded 88 y Hemet Valley Flying Service.
14 Jan 2008 [sto] N119TG C-130A
International Air Response, Coolridge, Arizona. Registered but not applied to the aircraft, if at all till 2008? Officially registered on November 5, 2007.
Nov 2013 [act] N119TG C-130A
Restored to airworthy condition.
25 Aug 2019 [msh] N119TG C-130A

Crashed on landing at Santa Barbara Municipal Airport following a bleed air duct failure and subsequent damage to electrical and hydraulic systems. The right MLG retracted on touchdown and the aircraft departed runway. The captain ground-looped the aircraft to avoid other aircraft on ground. No injuries to the seven crew members and company employees was reported. In November of 2019 the four engines and props had been removed and the right wing sustained possibly catastrophic damage, along with the number 4 propeller. The aircraft had 15148.2 hours at time of impact.
25 Aug 2019 [sto] N119TG C-130A
25 Feb 2020 [sto] N119TG C-130A

Airframe being disassembled to be trucked away.


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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