Accident Lockheed C-130A Hercules 56-0506,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332409
 

Date:Saturday 26 March 1966
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic C130 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed C-130A Hercules
Owner/operator:United States Air Force - USAF
Registration: 56-0506
MSN: 3114
Year of manufacture:1957
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed, written off
Category:Accident
Location:Tuy Hoa (TBB) -   Vietnam
Phase: Landing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:Tuy Hoa Airport (TBB/VVTH)
Narrative:
Due to a failure in the propeller pitch mechanism one of the engines' propellers could not be used to decelerate. The airplane swerved off the runway into a ditch, in an attempt to avoid a truck at the end of the runway. Damage was repairable, but the Hercules was damaged beyond repair when recovery crew attempted to tow the airplane using a tank and a steel cable through openings in the fuselage.

Sources:

Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson

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