Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 APR 1967 |
| Type: | Lockheed CC-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 130309 |
| C/n / msn: | 4050 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 2,5 km (1.6 mls) from Trenton Airport, ON (YTR) (Canada) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Trenton Airport, ON (YTR/CYTR), Canada |
| ? |
The Hercules crashed during a night training flight due to elevator trim failure on takeoff.
Events:
Sources:
» The C-130 Hercules turns 50 / by Vic Johnson. In: Air Force (Vol. 28 No.4, Winter 2004/2005)
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
