Date:	Friday 15 April 1966
Time:
Type:	Lockheed CC-130B Hercules
Owner/operator:	Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF
Registration:	10304
MSN:	3590
Year of manufacture:	1960
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	North Battleford, SK -   Canada
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Rivers RCAF Station, MB (YYI)
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.

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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