Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 29 OCT 2009 |
| Time: | 19:10 |
| Type: | Lockheed HC-130H Hercules |
| Operator: | United States Coast Guard |
| Registration: | 1705 |
| C/n / msn: | 382-4993 |
| First flight: | 1984 |
| Engines: | 4 Allison T56-A-15 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Airplane damage: | Missing |
| Location: | 24 km (15 mls) E off San Clemente Island, CA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC), United States of America |
| Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC), United States of America |
A Lockheed C-130 Hercules was missing after a reported mid-air collision between the C-130 and a US Marine Corps Bell AH-1 Super Cobra. The Cobra helicopter was on a training mission out of Camp Pendleton with two crew. The C-130 took off from Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC) at about 15:30 as part of a search for a 12-foot vessel that had been missing for two days. The search was concentration in the area of Catalina Island, off the Californian coast.
No trace of the C-130 or the Cobra has been found. The Coast Guard suspended the search for survivors at 09:50, Nov. 1. The fatality index is presumed.
Sources:
» Coast Guard Plane Crashes Into Helicopter In SoCal (CBS5, 29-10-2009)
» Search continues after McClellan-based Coast Guard plane, chopper collide (The Sacramento Bee, 30-10-2009)
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 Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) to Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) 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.
Distance from Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) to Sacramento-McClellan AFB, CA (MCC/KMCC) as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
