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Airframe Details for C-130 #4129

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4129
LM Aero T/V 4129
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered Civilian 9J-RBW
L100
Current Civilian N9205T
L100-20
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Mar 1966 [act] 9J-RBW L100
May 1966 [act] 9J-RBW L100
Zambian Air Cargoes Alexander
Mar 1969 [act] CF-PWN L100
Owned by Maple Leaf Leasing and leased to Pacific Western.
Aug 1969 [msh] CF-PWN L100
Damaged at Eureka, North West Territories. During repairs was upgraded to L100-20 with a stretch fuselage.
Sep 1969 [con] CF-PWN L100-20
Ferried to Marietta, Georgia stretched to an L100-20 for Pacific Western during repairs after a mishap.
Jan 1970 [act] CF-PWN L100-20
Flew relief supplies from Manston England to Lagos Nigeria. Than taken back into the Canadian High Arctic.
24 Jul 1974 [act] N109AK L100-20
Leased to Alaska International Airways (previously Interior Airways)
17 Dec 1974 [act] CF-PWN L100-20
Returned to Pacific Western Airlines.
Unknown [act] CF-PWN L100-20
Purchased by Pacific Western Airlines.
21 Apr 1984 [act] J6-SLO L100-20
St. Lucia Airways
Jan 1988 [act] N9205T L100-20
Tepper Aviation based in Florida.
27 Nov 1989 [msh] N9205T L100-20
Crashed on landing at Jamba, Angola. Few details known about this mishap. The aircraft was named the Grey Ghost, not actually named on the aircraft, but nick name due to the plane slate colored paint scheme. It has been stated, not confirmed that this is proof that Tepper was flying CIA missions to support UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola - Portuguese: Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola). At minimum, five on board were killed.
27 Nov 1989 [w/o] N9205T L100-20


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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