Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 06 SEP 2000 |
| Time: | 08:03 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130A-6-LM Hercules |
| Operator: | T & G Aviation |
| Registration: | N116TG |
| C/n / msn: | 3086 |
| First flight: | 1957 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A-9D |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 15 km (9.4 mls) NW Aubenas (France)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML), France |
| Marseille-Marignane Airport (MRS/LFML), France |
The Hercules, operating for the French Sécurité Civile, crashed while it was dumping water over a forest fire in southeastern France.
The aircraft had just carried out a first passage; on the second one it flew into a hill.
Sources:
» AP
» Drames aeriens dans le departement de l´Ardèche
Photos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Marseille-Marignane Airport to Marseille-Marignane Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Marseille-Marignane Airport to Marseille-Marignane Airport as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
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.
