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| Date: | Sunday 15 April 1984 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registration: | 64-0539 |
| MSN: | 382-4029 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Terceira-Lajes Airport (TER/LPLA) -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Terceira-Lajes Airport (TER/LPLA) |
The incident aircraft had declared an inflight emergency (IFE) for #3 engine shutdown. In any case it was right wing engine that was out of service. Fire trucks were standing by as this was SOP for IFEs. The aircraft came in from south to north. On landing roll the crew reversed all three operating engines instead of only the running symmetrical engines of each wing. Having twice the reverse thrust action exerted on the left wing caused the aircraft to yaw left and depart the runway. After going through the perimeter fence off to the left of the runway, it rode up some rock walls and nearly impacted two dwellings on the other side before coming to rest. The left wing caught on fire. In pictures that are available you can see where one of the propellers that departed on impact sliced a hole in the fuselage just in front of the red prop plane of rotation line on the left hand side. Fortunately, because the fire trucks were already lined up on the runway, the fire was extinguished quickly. The only injury to the aircrew was a broken finger.
Sources:
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-lockheed-c-130e-hercules-lajes
https://www.airhistory.net/photo/634581/64-0539/40539
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-May-2025 20:14 | Justanormalperson | Added |
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