Accident description
Last updated: 26 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 11 FEB 2002 |
| Type: | Lockheed KC-130F Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Marine Corps |
| Registration: | 148895 |
| C/n / msn: | 3619 |
| First flight: | 1961 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 20960 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4,5 km (2.8 mls) E of Twentynine Palms Airport, CA (TNP) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Twentynine Palms Airport, CA (TNP), United States of America |
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No. 1 engine failure on takeoff. Unable to climb when no. 4 engine started to lose power. Crash-landed straight ahead.
Sources:
» Farewell to an ol'Herc - C-130 Aircraft In: Approach, July, 2002
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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.
