| Date |
Status |
Local S/N |
Aircraft |
AF/Unit |
Version |
Info |
Details |
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Unknown |
[
act] |
XV209 |
66-
8559
|
RAF LTW |
C-130K C.1
|
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Details
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Kingsfield Cyprus c. 1972. The crew got off, leaving No.3 engine running and the Loadie on the brakes. Brake pressure bled away and the aircraft taxied into the gliding club’s hangar.
|
|
|
15 Jan 1972 |
[
w/o] |
151890 |
|
USNavy VQ-4 |
EC-130G
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Written off following damage from in-flight fire as a result of an electrical failure in a wing fuel tank. The fire was out by the time the aircraft crash landed in a farmers field, but the damage to the aircraft was enough that it couldn't be repaired.
|
|
|
19 Jan 1972 |
[
msh] |
130310 |
64-
17629
|
RCAF 429 TS |
CC-130E
|
AIB Report
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Minor damage was done to the aircraft when after departing it was found a part was missing from the left front wheel brakes. Pilot was informed mid flight and could not return to base as runway wasn't long enough with the brake problem and winds were high. Aircraft landed at another base and suffered some minor damage at landing that was easily repaired.
|
|
|
19 Feb 1972 |
[
w/o] |
62-813 |
62-
1813
|
USAF 16 TATS |
C-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Mid-air collision with Cessna T-37 near Little Rock killing 5 on board. Both crewmembers of the T-37 ejected safely.
|
|
|
28 Feb 1972 |
[
act] |
N921NA |
|
|
L100
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Damaged, but repaired. Details required.
|
|
|
Mar 1972 |
[
pre] |
54-626 |
54-
1626
|
USAF 16 SOS |
C-130A
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Had an incident in Vietnam, but was repaired.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
30 Mar 1972 |
[
w/o] |
69-571 |
69-
6571
|
USAF 16 SOS |
AC-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Shot down by 57mm AAA over the Ho Chi Minh trail, Laos. The crew of 15 were able to bail out safely and were rescued by HH-53 and Air America helicopters.
|
|
|
18 Apr 1972 |
[
w/o] |
63-775 |
63-
7775
|
USAF 374 TAW |
C-130E
|
News Article
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Crash landed in swamp after being shot down An Lôc, RVN. All on board survived:
Aircraft Commander: Captain Don B "Doc" Jensen
Co-pilot: Major Leigh Pratt
Navigator: Major Robert Kirkpatrick
Flight Engineer: TSgt Ralph W Kent
#1 Loadmaster: SSgt William C Armstead
#2 Loadmaster: SSgt Ralph Bemis
Vietnamese Loadmaster: Sgt Nguyen Kiem
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
03 May 1972 |
[
w/o] |
62-797 |
62-
1797
|
USAF 50 TAS |
C-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Shot down at An Loc, South Vietnam, during night resupply drop.
|
|
|
13 May 1972 |
[
act] |
69-573 |
69-
6573
|
USAF 16 SOS |
AC-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Hit by SA-7 in through the tail just above the ramp on the port side and fragments punched large holes on the starboard side. Ken Felty was injured in this missile strike and the aircraft landed safely. Aircraft was in combat for the The Easter Offensive in Vietnam and was repaired. Rebuilt using the tail of C-130B 57-0467 that hit a bulldozer on takeoff.
|
|
|
17 May 1972 |
[
w/o] |
63-798 |
63-
7798
|
USAF 776 TAS |
C-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Hit by 122mm rocket and crashed while attempting take off from Kontum, South Vietnam killing 7 on board. Another source says happened May 6.
|
|
|
23 May 1972 |
[
w/o] |
62-854 |
62-
1854
|
USAF 21 TAS |
C-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Destroyed by rocket while on ground at Kontum, South Vietnam. Some sources say this happened May 17th.
|
|
|
01 Jun 1972 |
[
act] |
63-865 |
63-
7865
|
USAF 516 TAW |
C-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Hit by mortar fire at Kontum AB, Vietnam. Repaired.
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