Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 28 JAN 1973 |
| Type: | Lockheed LC-130R Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 155917 |
| C/n / msn: | 4305 |
| First flight: | 1968 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | South Pole Station (Antarctica) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | McMurdo Station-Williams Field (NZWD), Antarctica |
| South Pole Station, Antarctica |
The plane was making a GCA approach to the South Pole Station ice landing strip. Ice fog was present causing the pilot to initiate a go-around on finals. The plane was too low and slammed down. The tail hit the ground, wingtips and props hit the snow and came off. The impact cracked open the fuselage at the paratroop doors, and the 500 gallon MOGAS bladder that was strapped to the ramp came loose, fell out, and was ignited by flames streaming from the broken wing tanks.
Sources:
» VAQ34.com - Lockheed LC-130R 155917
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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.
