| Date: | Wednesday 18 July 2007 |
| Time: | 21:02 |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Lynden Air Cargo |
| Registration: | N401LC |
| MSN: | 4606 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 43658 hours |
| Engine model: | Allison 501-D22A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 39 km WNW of McGrath, AK -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | |
| Anchorage-Ted Stevens International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
A Lockheed Hercules transport airplane, N401LC, sustained substantial damage when the tail dragged the ground during takeoff at an airstrip 24 miles west-northwest of McGrath, Alaska.
The pilot reported that during initial climb after takeoff, the airplane's cabin failed to pressurize, and that an inspection of the airplane revealed a tear in the bottom skin of the tail, which compromised the pressure vessel of the airplane's cabin.
The pilot's excessive rotation of the airplane during takeoff, which resulted in dragging the tail on the runway and substantial damage.
Accident investigation:
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 January 1990 | S9-NAJ | Transafrik | 0 | near Luanda |  |
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| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 2 July 2001 | N401LC | Lynden Air Cargo | 0 | Lake Minchumina Airport, AK (MHM) | |
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| 12 February 2016 | N401LC | Lynden Air Cargo | 0 | near Iliamna, AK | |
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