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C-130 Accident Reports for 1965

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Found 16 aircraft, displaying 1- 15 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
Unknown [ con] 62-857 62- 1857 C-130E Details
Wheels-up landing, Eglin AFB but was repaired and converted into an EC-130E.
11 Jan 1965 [ w/o] 58-719 58- 0719 USAF 313 TCW JC-130B Details
Jumped one of two main wheel chocks during engine run-up, with one main gear still anchored, ground looped and ran across ramp and crashed into C-130B #58-0730 destroying both aircraft in the ensuing fire at Forbes AFB, Kansas.
11 Jan 1965 [ w/o] 58-730 58- 0730 USAF 313 TCW C-130B Details
Destroyed in a fire after C-130B #58-0719 jumped chocks during an engine run-up and crashed into it at Forbes AFB, Kansas. Both aircraft were written-off.
25 Mar 1965 [ w/o] 63-797 63- 7797 USAF 464 TCW C-130E Details
Struck high tension line on top of ridge near Alencon, France and crashed taking the lives of all seven on board.
24 Apr 1965 [ w/o] 57-475 57- 0475 USAF 815 TCS C-130A Details
Aircraft was low on fuel in bad weather with a heavy load, lost two engines and went down on a mountain side after a go-around at Korat RTAFB, Thailand. Six crew were killed in this first loss to a C-130 in the Vietnam conflict.
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.
01 Jul 1965 [ act] 56-475 56- 0475 USAF 817 TCS C-130A Details
Heavily damaged in a commando (aka sapper) attack by sachel charges which were probably placed on an aircraft parked next to this aircraft as this aircraft was repaired. Happend while at DaNang AB, South Vietnam. Other aircraft involved were C-130A 55-0039 and 55-0042 which were both destroyed. Three F-102As were also destroyed (55-3371, 56-1161 and 56-1182) of the 509th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
18 Aug 1965 [ w/o] 12648 61- 2648 PAF 6 sqn C-130B Details
Ran off runway on during landing. This was the first PAF C-130 loss.
24 Aug 1965 [ w/o] 149802 USMC VMGR-152 KC-130F Details
Port wing hit seawall after veered off runway on take-off from Hong Kong on its way to Da Nang, Vietnam. The number one engine was only operating on partial power but decision was made to take-off any way. The aircraft was returning Marines to Vietnam after a leave for some rest. At the time the aircraft had 65 passengers and 6 crew but only twelve people survived.
16 Sep 1965 [ w/o] T-1306 TNIAU 31 SkU C-130B Details
Crash after being hit by friendly fire at Kalimantan, Borneo.
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.
18 Sep 1965 [ act] A97-208 57- 0501 RAAF 36 sqn C-130A Details
Sever damage to the nose during a hard landing attempting a short field landing demonstration at Laverton Air Show. The resulting damage included damge to the gear, bulkheads and skin for three feet to the rear of the nose gear, bent sub-structure and popped rivets.
08 Dec 1965 [ w/o] 56-502 56- 0502 USAF 817 TCS C-130A Details
Crash on take-off from Chu Lai, South Vietnam due to engine problems. Also been reported bad weather. None of the five on board were killed in this mishap but the aircraft was a write-off.
12 Dec 1965 [ w/o] 56-515 56- 0515 USAF 18 TCS C-130A Details
Crashed practicing an assault take-off from Bitburg AB, West Germany. An assault takeoff in the USAF was used if the runway available was less than critical field length. As a general rule USAF required a 3500 foot runway, but if needed and the crew was qualified it could go down to take off ground roll plus 500 feet. The pilot flew the aircraft into cloud and was either disoriented or just stalled from perhaps over rotated. The aircraft fell out of the cloud with all four engines running. They crashed onto the taxiway and had a reported 60 degrees nose low attitude when they came out of the clouds. They attempted to pull out but were way too late. Five crew and one passenger were 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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