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| Date: | Friday 15 April 1966 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed CC-130B Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Canadian Air Force - RCAF |
| Registration: | 10304 |
| MSN: | 3590 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1960 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North Battleford, SK -
 Canada
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rivers RCAF Station, MB (YYI) |
A gear-up emergency landing was carried out in a wheat field after the forward cargo door had opened in flight. The no. 1 engine could not be shut down after the emergency landing, probably because of FOD damage. The Hercules described a semi-circle before coming to rest.
Sources:
E-mail from Mark Robinson, 2006-11-20
The C-130 Hercules turns 50 / by Vic Johnson. In: Air Force (Vol. 28 No.4, Winter 2004/2005)
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