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

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Found 211 aircraft, displaying termsofuse.html- 14 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
Mar 1971 [ act] 53-129 53- 3129 USAF 16 SOS AC-130A Details
Hit by 37mm shell but repaired.
22 Apr 1970 [ w/o] 54-625 54- 1625 USAF 16 SOS AC-130A Details
Shot down near Ban Tang Lou, Laos with 10 crew MIA and one recovered.
Mar 1972 [ pre] 54-626 54- 1626 USAF 16 SOS C-130A Details
Had an incident in Vietnam, but was repaired.
24 May 1969 [ w/o] 54-629 54- 1629 USAF 16 SOS AC-130A Details
Crash landed at Ubon RTAFB, Thailand after receiving battle damage over Laos killing two crewmembers.
06 Apr 1975 [ w/o] 55-002 55- 0002 USAF 167 TAS C-130A Details
Ran off runway and burned at Bien Hoa AB, South Vietnam.
15 Jul 1967 [ w/o] 55-009 55- 0009 USAF 41 TCS C-130A Details
Destroyed in mortar attack, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.
08 Mar 1962 [ w/o] 55-020 55- 0020 USAF 40 TCS C-130A Details
Went down in bad weather near Alencon, France killing all 15 people onboard.
Mar 1968 [ con] 55-023 55- 0023 USAF 374 TCW C-130A Details
Damaged by enemy action in Vietnam but was repaired to become the NC-130A.
Nov 1969 [ act] 55-026 55- 0026 USAF 41 TCS C-130A Details
Was mortar shelled, but repaired. The call had come in to Det 1, 834th AD that an aircraft had been mortared. She took some mortar hits after landing that destroyed the left main landing gear tires and left nose tire. Flak also destroyed the number 2 engine and the hydraulics for the elevators and cargo ramp. There were shrapnel hits all over the left side of the aft fuselage and tail. Most of the flight crew had departed on another aircraft prior to our arrival but the aircraft commander remained. The Army discussed destroying the aircraft, since it had been "quiet" at their camp for a while and this C-130 was now a "mortar magnet", but the A/C wouldn't hear of it. The damaged tires and wheels were replaced, the torn up outer gear door removed, some tubing and hoses from the cargo ramp hydraulics scavenged to get the elevators working again, closing the ramp with a forklift and stripped out all the extra weight from the cargo compartment to lighten her up. The aircraft took off on 3 engines.
18 Sep 1965 [ w/o] 55-038 55- 0038 USAF 35 TCS C-130A Details
Impacted the water short of the runway at Qhi Nhon, South Vietnam. Two crew and two passengers were killed while three crew survived.
01 Jul 1965 [ w/o] 55-039 55- 0039 USAF 817 TCS C-130A Details
Destroyed in commando (aka sapper) attack with sachel charges at DaNang AB, South Vietnam. Other aircraft involved; C-130A 55-0042 which was also destroyed, C-130A 56-0475 was damaged but was eventually repaired and flew home. Three F-102As were also destroyed (55-3371, 56-1161 and 56-1182) of the 509th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
01 Jul 1965 [ w/o] 55-042 55- 0042 USAF 817 TCS C-130A Details
Destroyed in a commando (aka sapper) attack with sachel charges at DaNang AB, South Vietnam. Other aircraft involved; C-130A 55-0039 which was also destroyed, C-130A 56-0475 was damaged but was eventually repaired and flew home. Three F-102As were also destroyed (55-3371, 56-1161 and 56-1182) of the 509th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
18 Jun 1972 [ w/o] 55-043 55- 0043 USAF 16 SOS AC-130A Details
Shot down by SA-7 SAM, over the A Shau Valley, South Vietnam. Three of the crew bailed out safely while the remaining twelve were killed.
Nov 1971 [ act] 55-044 55- 0044 USAF 16 SOS AC-130A Details
The propellers on two engines were shot out during a mission over Vietnam. Crew was able to land aircraft on two engines while a third one quite near landing. Aircraft was later shot down on March 28, 1972.
28 Mar 1972 [ w/o] 55-044 55- 0044 USAF 16 SOS AC-130A Details
Shot down by SA-2 Guideline SAM, southeast of Sepone, Laos. All fourteen crew were killed in action.

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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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