ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed CC-130B Hercules 10304 North Battleford, SK
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Status:
Date:Friday 15 April 1966
Type:Silhouette image of generic C130 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed CC-130B Hercules
Operator:Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF
Registration: 10304
MSN: 3590
First flight: 1960
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:North Battleford, SK (   Canada)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Rivers RCAF Station, MB (YYI), Canada
Destination airport:?
Narrative:
A gear-up emergency landing was carried out in a wheat field after the forward cargo door had opened in flight. The no. 1 engine could not be shut down after the emergency landing, probably because of FOD damage. The Hercules described a semi-circle before coming to rest.

Classification:
Gear-up landing
Cargo door failure
Forced landing outside airport

Sources:
» E-mail from Mark Robinson, 2006-11-20
» The C-130 Hercules turns 50 / by Vic Johnson. In: Air Force (Vol. 28 No.4, Winter 2004/2005)


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