ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330870
| Date: | Monday 15 February 1971 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed LC-130F Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 148318 |
| MSN: | 3562 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | McMurdo-Williams Field -
 Antarctica
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | McMurdo Station-Williams Field (NZWD) |
| Christchurch International Airport (CHC/NZCH) |
The Hercules was deployed at Antarctica during Operation Deep Freeze 71. The Hercules was taxiing on the skiway and manoeuvred around the GCA.
In poor visibility the left main ski went up over a 5.5 foot snow bank. The right wing hit the ground and broke between the two engines. The aircraft caught fire was destroyed.
Sources:
South Pole Timeline 1965-1974
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