Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 29 APR 2004 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130 Hercules |
| Operator: | Air National Guard |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, MN (MSP) (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP), United States of America |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN (MSP/KMSP), United States of America |
The Hercules, on a routine local training flight, had to circle Minneapolis for a while because of landing gear problems. The transport plane landed with no problems, but as it began to taxi toward the National Guard apron, the right-side main landing gear collapsed. The right wing hit the ground, causing the number four engine to strike the runway. The engine caught fire, but this was put out quickly by the airport fire services.
Sources:
» Pioneer Press
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Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
Distance from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, MN as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
