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C-130 Accidents & Mishaps for the United States Air Force

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Found 211 aircraft, displaying 121- 135 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
10 Dec 1999 [ w/o] 63-854 63- 7854 USAF 61 AS C-130E Details
Struck the ground 880 meters short of runway and damaged landing gear at Ahmed Al Jaber AB, Kuwait. Aircraft could not be repaired so was put into storage at AMARC.
01 Jun 1972 [ act] 63-865 63- 7865 USAF 516 TAW C-130E Details
Hit by mortar fire at Kontum AB, Vietnam. Repaired.
15 May 1968 [ w/o] 63-875 63- 7875 USAF 29 MAS C-130E Details
Port wing broke on hard landing at Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
06 Sep 1966 [ w/o] 63-878 63- 7878 USAF 776 TCS C-130E Details
Crash into mountain in Taiwan due to a navigation error.
07 Oct 1992 [ w/o] 63-881 63- 7881 USAF 167 TAS C-130E Details
Crashed into a house after wing hit power lines near Berkeley Springs, West Virginia killing all 6 on board.
12 Oct 1966 [ w/o] 63-886 63- 7886 USAF 516 TAW C-130E Details
Flew into ground at night north-northwest of Aspermont, Texas.
28 Apr 1992 [ w/o] 64-501 64- 0501 USAF 317 TAW C-130E Details
Crashed into Blewett Falls Lake killing the entire crew of nine.
13 Mar 1977 [ act] 64-504 64- 0504 USAF 36 TAS C-130E Details
Damaged by a fire at McChord AFB and was repaired by 1978.
09 Dec 1972 [ w/o] 64-505 64- 0505 USAF 50 TAS C-130E Details
Crashed on landing at NAS Brewer Field/Brewer Field, Guam. Wreckage burned out.
25 Apr 1972 [ w/o] 64-508 64- 0508 USAF 318 SOS C-130E Details
Shot down during night mission near An Loc, South Vietnam. Some reports state this was a 50th TAS aircraft.
31 May 1966 [ w/o] 64-511 64- 0511 USAF 61 TCS C-130E Details
Lost during a mission against the Thanh Hoa bridge on the Song Ma River, North Vietnam. The Carolina Moon operation was an attempt to drop a large 8 foot diameter bomb with 5000 pounds of explosives to knock out the bridge. Exact reason of loss is truly not known, but all eight crew were killed in action.
28 Feb 1968 [ w/o] 64-522 64- 0522 USAF 776 TAS C-130E Details
Crash landed and burned after being hit by hit by ground fire on take-off from Song Ba, South Vietnam. Five crew and the five passengers all escaped.
Feb 1985 [ act] 64-526 64- 0526 USAF 314 TAW C-130E Details
Crashed at Cape Romanzof, Alaksa, some time in early 1985 (January or February). Crew was from the 317th TAW (some reports say a crew from SOS out of Florida). Some repairs made on site to get the aircraft flying again. Was sent for depot level maintenance and then the 115th AS as replacement for 61-2373 that was crashed in Kentucky.
08 Sep 1978 [ w/o] 64-532 64- 0532 USAF 314 TAW C-130E Details
Flew into a mountain in Arkansas after clipping some trees on a rig. The aircraft descended to low to avoid a collision with another Herc. Crew was from he 62nd TAS with Capt. Edwin Hayashi being the pilot.
02 Oct 1970 [ w/o] 64-536 64- 0536 USAF 776 TAS C-130E Details
On this day, the aircraft took off twice on training missions and returned with engine trouble. After the two training flights the status was changed to transport 38 personnel from Taipei, Taiwan. Off course, crashed into mountain. This incident occurred in dense fog which possibly led to a navigation error. It took nearly 8 days to locate the crash site, 43 passengers and crew were lost.

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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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