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C-130 Accidents & Mishaps for the Civilian

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Found 59 aircraft, displaying 46- 59 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
23 Sep 1994 [ w/o] PK-PLV L100-30 Details
Crashed into water on take-off from Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong.
16 May 1981 [ w/o] D2-EAS L100-20 Details
Shot down with an infrared missile near Menongue in Angola.
08 Jun 1986 [ w/o] D2-THA L100-20 Details
Written-off after wheels up landing at Dondo, Angola.
16 Mar 1991 [ w/o] CP-1564 L100-30 Details
UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola - Portuguese: Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola) shot down by this aircraft with a FIM-92 Stinger missile near Malanje, Angola.
Jan 1991 [ act] D2-EHD L100-30 Details
Damaged by UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola - Portuguese: Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola) during a take-off from Luena, Angola, but was quickly repaired.
02 Jan 1999 [ w/o] D2-EHD L100-30 Details
Shot down by UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola - Portuguese: Uniao Nacional para a Independencia Total de Angola) rebels after take-off from Huambo, Angola.
13 Aug 2006 [ w/o] 7T-VHG L100-30 Details
Fell from about 24,000 feet and impacted the ground at Piacenza, Italy. The three crew didn't survive.
01 Aug 1989 [ w/o] 7T-VHK L100-30 Details
Skidded off the runway landing at Tamanrasset, Algeria.
17 Sep 1991 [ w/o] ET-AJL L100-30 Details
Crashed into Mount Arey, near Djibouti, Ethiopia.
18 Nov 2010 [ w/o] 7O-ADD C-130H Details
Destroyed in a landing accident at Sana'a, Yemen.
12 Feb 2016 [ act] N401LC L100-30 Details
Suffered a rapid in-flight decompression and had to divert to Iliamna Airport, Alaska. Landed safely and an assessment found a hole in the forward pressure bulkhead. The next day the aircraft was flown low level to Kelowna, BC, Canada for repairs.
29 Apr 2018 [ w/o] 5A-DOM L100-30 Details
Chartered by Akakus Oil crashed during take-off, 2km from the Sharara oilfield, after delivering 18 tonnes of catering and maintenance supplies. The crash occurred at 12:25pm. Three killed onboard
22 Jan 2020 [ w/o] N134CG EC-130Q Details
Crashed while on a firebombing mission in the NSW, Australia
23 Jun 2021 [ w/o] ET-AJK L100-30 Details
Shot down by the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) - Was carrying troop and supplies to an unknown destination. All onboard killed

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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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