Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 OCT 1991 |
| Type: | Lockheed CC-130E Hercules |
| Operator: | Canadian Armed Forces |
| Registration: | 130322 |
| C/n / msn: | 4192 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 22 km (13.8 mls) from CFS Alert, NU (YLT) (Canada) |
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Edmonton (unknown airport), AB, Canada |
| Alert Airport, NU (YLT/CYLT), Canada |
The Hercules struck a rocky slope at night and crashed. The airplane was on approach to CFS Alert when the crew miscalculated their approach altitude.
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.
