C-130 Aircraft Database

Struck by lightning during a trip from Kinshasa to Kikwit, Congo. Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht was on board at the time.

Damaged during a test flight?

Aircraft landed long at Alert, Nunavut, ended up in 2 feet of snow. No injuries and easily repaired.

While getting an overhaul inspection it was destroyed in a hanger fire at Sabena Technics, Zaventem International Airport. Also destroyed was three civilian Airbus A320s.

Wrecked at a dirt landing strip after hitting land mine on roll-out near Lashkar Gar, Afghanistan. The exploding landmine holed the port external fuel tank and set the number two (port inner) engine on fire. A crew of nine and 26 passengers (including SAS troops) escaped safely. Later the government revealed a large amount of cash was onboard that was to be reward money for warlords in Afghanistan to be used to gain help and intelligence.

Crashed at Abéché when overshooting the runway bursting into flames. The accident occurred at 18:30, about 30 minutes after the airport closed to traffic.

Crashed at Saint Paul Island, Alaska. All nine crew on board survived.

Suffered fire after landing short of runway in sand storm at Kigoma, Tanzania.

Damaged in Kuwait during a landing mishap. Fuselage is at Al Asad AB.

Fell from about 24,000 feet and impacted the ground at Piacenza, Italy. The three crew didn't survive.