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C-130 Accident Reports for 2012

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Found 6 aircraft, displaying 1- 6 [Sorted by Date]
Date Status Local S/N Aircraft AF/Unit Version Info Details
Unknown [ w/o] 65-981 65- 0981 USAF 79 RQS HC-130P Details
Damaged in hard landing in Afghanistan. Then in the attack on military base it was a hit by enemy fire. It was later Destroyed in place by EOD
23 Feb 2012 [ w/o] 130342 RCAF 435 TRS CC-130H Details
Excessive chafing and arcing between an axillary hydraulic line and the power cable is what caused a fire that destroyed #130342 at NAS Key West in Florida in 2012. The crew escaped with just one minor injury and fire crews responded within three minutes, but the rear of the aircraft was so badly damaged that it was deemed too expensive to repair.
15 Mar 2012 [ w/o] 5630 10- 5630 RNoAF 335 skv C-130J-30 Details
Flew into a mountain during exercise "Cold Response" in Sweden. All five on board were killed. Only ammassed 856:16 flight hours.
01 Jul 2012 [ act] 130617 RCAF 436 TS CC-130J-30 Details
Had a maintenance mishap which resulted in some minor damage.
01 Jul 2012 [ w/o] 93-458 93- 1458 USAF 156 AS C-130H2 Details
MAFFS mission crashed in southwest South Dakota fighting a fire. Four of the six crew killed. The two loadmasters at the back of the aircraft survived.
14 Jul 2012 [ sto] NAF917 C-130H-30 Details
A Boeing 747-700 from Arik Airlines (reg. SNMJI) struck the wing of this C-130 while parked at Jos Airport. The wing and an external fuel tank were damaged. Infact a section of wing from the 737 was left in the wing of the C-130.



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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