ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed KC-130R Hercules 160021 Shamsi
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Date:Wednesday 9 January 2002
Type:Silhouette image of generic C130 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed KC-130R Hercules
Operator:United States Marine Corps
Registration: 160021
MSN: 4702
First flight: 1976
Crew:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Shamsi (   Pakistan)
Crash site elevation: 1158 m (3799 feet) amsl
Phase: Approach (APR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Jacobabad Airport (JAG/OPJA), Pakistan
Destination airport:Shamsi, Pakistan
Narrative:
A USMC Lockheed KC-130R Hercules transport plane was destroyed in an accident near Shamsi, Pakistan. All seven crew members were killed.
The crew had requested a non-standard approach night time from the northeast, possibly because they were running half an hour late.
This request was denied as USMC aircraft were only allowed to land from the southwest to avoid overflying Shamsi at night. The crew then circled over a ridge with their altitude dropping to 3200 feet below the minimum safe altitude.
The airplane struck a mountainside at 3800 feet. The crew likely became disoriented while attempting the night landing.
The aircraft was attached to VMGR-352, MCAS Miramar, California.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» KC-130 crashes in Pakistan (Headquarters United States Central Command, News Release 01-02)
» Marine Air Transporter (MCATA), January 2002
» Air Forces Monthly, August 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.
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