List of accidents and incidents involving the Lockheed C-130 Hercules

The C-130 Hercules is generally a highly reliable aircraft. The Royal Air Force recorded an accident rate of about one aircraft loss per 250,000 flying hours over the last forty years, making it one of the safest aircraft they operate (alongside Vickers VC10s and Lockheed Tristars with no flying losses). However, more than 15% of production has been lost, including 70 by the USAF and the USMC during the conflict in Southeast Asia. This is an incomplete listing, still under construction, and omits the JC-130A tested to destruction (53-3130, c.n. 3002), and airframes retired or withdrawn from service in the course of useful operational lives. As of February 8, 2007, the list is complete through December 1969.

Crashes by decade

1950s

• September 2 1958: C-130A-II, 56-0528, c.n. 3136, of the 7406th CCS was shot down by four MiG-17 fighters when it flew into Soviet airspace over Yerevan, Armenia while on a SIGINT mission, with all 17 crew killed. A look-alike C-130A is displayed in Vigilance Park at the National Security Agency headquarters at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. This was the first operational C-130 hull loss.
• September 19 1958: C-130A 56-0526, c.n. 3134, of the 314th Troop Carrier Wing, had a mid-air collision with a French Armée de l'Air Dassault Super Mystére over France.
• May 20 1959: C-130A 57-0468, c.n. 3175, of the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron, 483rd Troop Carrier Wing, crashed at Ashiya, Japan when it lost control during landing with single-engine failure.

1960s

• May 27 1961: A Tactical Air Command C-130B 59-1534, c.n. 3570, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, veered off the runway during landing at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, with single-engine failure. Hull written off.
• October 1961: Tactical Air Command C-130B 58-0745, c.n. 3543 of the 317th Troop Carrier Wing was damaged in a refuelling fire at Évreux-Fauville Air Base, France, and written off. Front portion towed to Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany, to repair C-130B 58-0734, c.n. 3530, in October 1969.
• March 8 1962: C-130A 55-0020, c.n. 3047, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed in France in bad weather.
• May 17 1962: C-130A 56-0546, c.n. 3154, of the 40th Troop Carrier Squadron, 322nd Air Division, crashed into mountain peak in Kenya in bad weather after it descended under given altitude.
• November 26 1962: C-130A 56-0488, c.n. 3096, of the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Squadron, crashed on go-around at Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee, during a training flight - lost two engines.
• August 27 1963: C-130A 56-0474, c.n. 3082, of the 315th Air Division, burned at Naha Air Base, Okinawa, during refuelling.
• May 2 1964: C-130A 56-0492, c.n. 3100, of the 315th Air Division, crashed on landing at Ie Shima Island, Japan, when it hit the edge of the runway. Fuselage to Sukiran for paratrooper training.
• September 3 1964: C-130B Angkatan Udari Republik Indonesia (Indonesian Air Force) C-130B T-1307, c.n. 3599, of 31 Sqn. crashed in the Straits of Malacca. Probably chased by RAF Javelin, "frightened down."
• January 11 1965: During an engine run-up test at Forbes Air Force Base, Kansas, a C-130B 58-0719, c.n. 3514, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, jumped the wheel chocks and pivoted into C-130B 58-0730, c.n. 3525, of the same squadron. Both airframes were destroyed in the ensuing fire.
• March 25 1965: C-130E 63-7797, c.n. 3863, of the 464th Troop Carrier Wing, hit high-tension line on ridge top and crashed near Alençon, France, killing all seven crew.
• April 24 1965: C-130A 57-0475, c.n. 3182, of the 815th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, during go-around in bad weather with heavy load - lost two engines, low fuel. This was the first Hercules hull loss related to the war in Southeast Asia.
• July 1 1965: C-130A 55-0039, c.n. 3066, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, was destroyed by sappers with satchel charges at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
• July 1 1965: C-130A 55-0042, c.n. 3069, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, was destroyed by sappers with satchel charges at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
• August 18 1965: Pakistani Air Force C-130B 12648, former USAF 61-2648, c.n. 3691, supplied under MAP, was written off after it veered off runway on landing.
• August 24 1965: USMC KC-130F BuNo 149802, c.n. 3693, veered off runway on take-off from Hong Kong and hit seawall. No. 1 propeller reversed. This was the first Hercules hull loss in Marine Corps service.
• September 16 1965: Angkatan Udari Republik Indonesia (Indonesian Air Force) C-130B T-1306, c.n. 3598, of 31 Sqn. crashed at Bawang airstrip, Kalimantan, Timur, Borneo, after hits by friendly fire.
• September 18 1965: C-130A 55-0038, c.n. 3065, of the 35th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed when it struck water before landing at Qhi Nhon, South Vietnam.
• December 8 1965: C-130A 56-0502, c.n. 3110, of the 817th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed on take-off from Chu Lai, South Vietnam - engine problems.
• December 12 1965: C-130A 56-0515, c.n. 3123, of the 18th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed during an assault take-off from Bitburg, West Germany.
• December 20 1965: C-130E 62-1843, c.n. 3805, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed into hill during approach to Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam. Serial number subsequently assigned to C-130E 64-0506, c.n. 3990 in 1973, which was assigned "to another agency" December 31 1964, and flew Air America missions in support of CIA operations in Southeast Asia in a "sanitized" condition. Modified to C-130E(I). Reappeared at Hurlburt Field, Florida in the early 1970s, carrying 62-1843 identity, as C-130E(I), redesignated MC-130E in early 1977. Assigned to the 711th Special Operation Squadron at Duke Field, Eglin Air Force Base Aux. Field 3, in October 1995, c.n. 3990, the faux 62-1843, was still there as of December 2005. The builders plate reads what the Air Force wants it to read, but the airframe hours tell no lies, and the identity is an open secret on the flightline.
• January 6 1966: C-130B 61-0972, c.n. 3669, of the 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, was shot down west of Pleiku, South Vietnam.
• January 9 1966: C-130B 61-0970, c.n. 3667, of the 774th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed on landing at An Khe, South Vietnam - number three propeller did not reverse and airframe ran off runway.
• February 1 1966: USMC KC-130F BuNo 149809, c.n. 3709, of VMGR-152, damaged over North Vietnam, crashed in sea 65 kilometers east of Dong Hoi.
• March 19 1966: The crew of seven was killed when C-130B 61-2641, c.n. 3677, of the 313th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed into Svanfjellet at 2,650 feet on the island of Senja on approach to Bardufoss Air Station, Norway.
• March 26 1966: C-130A 56-0506, c.n. 3114, of the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron, damaged landing at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam, due to propeller reversal problem. Destroyed when towed by tank.
• March 29 1966: C-130B 61-0953, c.n. 3630, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, written-off after it touched down short of the runway during night landing at Pleiku, South Vietnam.
• April 15 1966: An RCAF CC-130B 10304, c.n. 3590, crash landed in a field after losing a forward cargo door inflight, resulting in structural damage due to explosive decompression. .
• May 31 1966: C-130E 64-0511, c.n. 3995, of the 61st Troop Carrier Squadron, shot down during Carolina Moon operation against the Thanh Hoa bridge on the Song Ma River, North Vietnam.
• June 17 1966: USAF Military Airlift Command C-130E 63-7785, c.n. 3852, operated by US Navy squadron VR-8, MATS, out of NAS Moffett, California, exploded over sea off Cam Ranh Bay, sabotage? Serial number subsequently applied to C-130E 64-0507, c.n. 3991, in 1972, which was assigned "to another agency" December 31 1964, and flew Air America missions in support of CIA operations in Southeast Asia in a "sanitized" condition. Operated into Laos in all-black scheme. Operated by the 1198th OETS out of Norton Air Force Base (from October 1967), and modified to C-130E(I) Rivet Yard, then assigned to the 1174th Support Squadron, Norton Air Force Base. To 1st Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, December 1972, now sporting the 63-7785, c.n. 3852, identity. Modified to Rivet Yank in 1974, and redesignated MC-130E in early 1977. Ops by the 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, mid-1995, then to 711th Special Operations Squadron, Duke Field, Florida by November 1995. Loan to 8th Special Operations Squadron, as of April 2001.
• July 15 1966: Pakistani Air Force C-130B 24142, former USAF 62-4142, c.n. 3768, supplied under MAP, of 6 Sqn., crashed into mountain in Pakistan.
• September 6 1966: C-130E 63-7878, c.n. 3949, of the 776th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed into a mountain in Taiwan due to a navigation error.
• October 2 1966: C-130E 62-1840, c.n. 3803, of the 776th Troop Carrier Squadron, shot down 30 kilometers south of Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.
• October 12 1966: C-130E 63-7886, c.n. 3957, of the 516th Tactical Airlift Wing, flew into ground at night circa 30 kilometers north-northwest of Aspermont, Texas.
• October 25 1966: C-130B 61-0955, c.n. 3634, of the 48th Troop Carrier Squadron, ran off runway during landing at Fort Campbell, Kentucky after hitting wake turbulence - written off.
• October 26 1966: Forca Aérea Brasileira C-130E FAB serial 2452, c.n. 4093, of 1 Esquadrao, 1 Grupo, Galeao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, crashed during landing with a high sink rate.
• February 17 1967: C-130B 60-0307, c.n. 3618, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed after take-off from Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, after suffering split flap problem. Emergency landing in rice paddy, written off.
• March 12 1967: C-130E 63-7772, c.n. 3838, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed on take-off from An Khe, South Vietnam - disturbance by helicopter.
• April 16 1967: C-130B 58-0722, c.n. 3517, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, crashed on go-around at Bao Loc, South Vietnam - ammunition load exploded.
• April 18 1967: Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130E IIAF serial 5-107, c.n. 4118, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, destroyed by lightning strike.
• April 27 1967: An RCAF CC-130E 130309 (formerly 10309), c.n. 4050, crashed after take-off from Trenton, possibly due to an elevator trim failure.
• June 9 1967: C-130B 58-0737, c.n. 3534, of the 29th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed 20 kilometers east of Tan Son Nhut, South Vietnam. Structural failure, probably shot down.
• June 17 1967: C-130B 60-0293, c.n. 3591, of the 772nd Troop Carrier Squadron, overran the runway at An Khe, South Vietnam on aborted take-off, written off.
• June 22 1967: C-130E 63-7801, c.n. 3867, of the 777th Tactical Airlift Squadron, tore off wing on landing at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, written off. Fuselage to paratrooper training, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, then to loadmaster training at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, November 1971. Scrapped 1999.
• July 15 1967: C-130A 55-0009, c.n. 3036, of the 41st Troop Carrier Squadron, destroyed by mortar attack, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
• July 15 1967: EC-130E 62-1815, c.n. 3777, of the 7th Airborne Command and Control Squadron, destroyed by mortar attack, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
• October 8 1967: C-130B 61-2649, c.n. 3692, of the 773rd Troop Carrier Squadron, 463rd Troop Carrier Wing, hit mountain 25 kilometers southeast of Phu Bai/Hue, South Vietnam.
• October 12 1967: C-130A 57-0467, c.n. 3174, of the 21st Troop Carrier Squadron, hit bulldozer during take-off from Dak To, South Vietnam - landed at Cam Ranh Bay, written off.
• October 15 1967: C-130E 64-0548, c.n. 4043, of the 62nd Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed short of the runway at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam - too low on the GCA approach to execute airdrop.
• November 15 1967: C-130E 62-1865, c.n. 3829, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, destroyed in rocket attack at Dak To, South Vietnam.
• November 15 1967: C-130E 63-7827, c.n. 3904, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, destroyed in rocket attack at Dak To, South Vietnam.
• November 25 1967: C-130E(I) Rivet Clamp 64-0563, c.n. 4071, of Detachment 1, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, destroyed in mortar attack at Nha Trang, South Vietnam.
• December 29 1967: C-130E(I) Rivet Clamp 64-0547, c.n. 4040, of Detachment 1, 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, crashed into mountain 65 kilometers northeast of Dien Bien Phu, after dropping leaflets.
• February 10 1968: USMC KC-130F BuNo 149813, c.n. 3719, of VMGR-152, crash landed on runway at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, when ground fire set alight fuel bladder on board. Crash was documented in full color by cameramen at the Marine firebase.
• February 18 1968: C-130B 58-0743, c.n. 3540, of the 772nd Troop Carrier Squadron, destroyed in mortar attack at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. Round entered through overhead escape hatch.
• February 29 1968: C-130E 64-0522, c.n. 4006, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, hit by ground fire on take-off from Song Ba, South Vietnam, returned, crash landed and burned.
• March 2 1968: C-130A 56-0549, c.n. 3157, of the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed during night landing at Phu Bai/Hue, South Vietnam.
• March 3 1968: C-130E 62-1814, c.n. 3776, of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed at Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam - electrical fire in aft cockpit.
• April 11 1968: L-100, c.n. 4109, leased from Lockheed Aircraft Service Company as N9261R to Continental Air Services, November 1965, then sold to the Government of the Republic of Zambia, August 1966, and leased to Zambian Air Cargoes with registration 9J-RCY, August 1966. Hard-luck Hercules suffered fire in left wheel well on fourth attempt to taxi start engine, June 1967 at Dar-es-Salaam. Repaired by Marshall of Cambridge (Engineering), Cambridge, UK. Destroyed in ground collision with c.n. 4137 at Ndola, when returning from Dar-es-Salaam - brake failure.
• April 11 1968: L-100, c.n. 4137, sold to the Government of the Republic of Zambia, August 1966, and leased to Zambian Air Cargoes with registration 9J-RBX, August 1966. Destroyed in ground collision when hit by c.n. 4109 at Ndola, when 9J-RCY suffered brake failure upon returning from Dar-es-Salaam.
• April 13 1968: C-130B 61-0967, c.n. 3654, of the 774th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed at Khe Sanh, South Vietnam, suffered engine failure on landing, slid off runway, burned.
• April 16 1968: C-130A 56-0480, c.n. 3088, of the 35th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crash landed at Special Forces Camp Bunard, 80 kilometers north of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Hull blown-up.
• April 26 1968: C-130B 60-0298, c.n. 3602, of the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down dropping load at A Loui, South Vietnam. Crashed trying to land at A Loui. Manned by crew from 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron.
• April 30 1968: L-100 c.n. 4145, bought by Pakistan government for Pakistan International Airlines, October 1966, registered AP-AUU; operated by Pakistani Air Force, serial 64145, coded "U". Crashed when wing broke in turbulence near Chaklala, Pakistan.
• May 12 1968: C-130A 56-0548, c.n. 3156, of the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, damaged by small arms fire at Kham Duc, South Vietnam - crash landed on runway with all props feathered, brakes shot out, written off.
• May 12 1968: C-130B 60-0297, c.n. 3600, of the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down on take-off from Kham Duc, South Vietnam.
• May 15 1968: C-130E 63-7875, c.n. 3945, of the 29th Military Airlift Squadron, hard landing at Quang Tri, South Vietnam, left wing broke, written off.
• May 16 1968: L-100 c.n. 4146, constructed June 1966, registered N9726R, sold to Bank of America, leased to Alaska Airlines, June 1966, named City of Anchorage; leased to Aerea-Aerovias Ecuatorianas, April 1968, burned after propeller struck ground while taxiing at Macuma, Ecuador.
• May 22 1968: C-130A 56-0477, c.n. 3085, of the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down over Laos, during Blind Bat flare operation. First Hercules lost in/over Laos.
• June 25 1968: C-130E 62-1861, c.n. 3825, with the 50th Troop Carrier Squadron from December 1965, crash landed at Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, with left wing afire from AAA over Katum, burned.
• July 29 1968: HC-130P 66-0214, c.n. 4164, of the 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, destroyed by satchel charges at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam.
• July 29 1968: HC-130P 66-0218, c.n. 4174, of the 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, destroyed by satchel charges at Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam.
• September 6 1968: C-130E 62-1785, c.n. 3730, of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, shot down at Tan Phat, near Bao Loc, South Vietnam.
• October 19 1968: Turk Hava Kuvvetieri (Turkish Air Force) C-130E, ETI-949, 17949, ex-USAF 64-17949, c.n. 4100, supplied under MAP, crashed into mountain on approach to Izmir, Turkey.
• November 28 1968: Tactical Air Command C-130B 61-2644, c.n. 3682, of the 772nd Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed when it overran runway during short field landing, Tonie Cham, South Vietnam.
• December 24 1968: L-100 c.n. 4229, constructed October 1967, to Airlift International Inc., registered N760AL; leased to United States Department of the Interior, crashed at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on go-around in a snowstorm.
• January 1 1969: Royal Saudi Air Force C-130E 454, c.n. 4136, of 4 Sqn., crashed at Le Bourget Airport, Paris, France.
• January 27 1969: C-130E 63-7780, c.n. 3846, of the 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, destroyed in night mortar attack at Tonie Cham, South Vietnam. Aircraft had been assigned as Thunderbirds demonstration team support craft, October 1966.
• February 4 1969: HC-130H 65-0990, c.n. 4151, of the 57th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, ditches off Taiwan while locating survivors from sunk freighter.
• March 8 1969: Tactical Air Command C-130E 64-0545, c.n. 4035, of the 50th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed short of the runway at Ching Chuan Kang, Taiwan - weather below minimums.
• March 24 1969: Six crew members were killed when an RAF C-130K, XV180, c.n. 4196, crashed shortly after take off at Fairford in Gloucestershire. The aircraft was on a routine training flight when it stalled on take-off and plunged into a ploughed field 300 yards from the end of the runway.
• April 7 1969 Imperial Iranian Air Force C-130E 5-112, c.n. 4154, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, crashed at Shiraz, Iran, while simulating two engines out.
• April 29 1969: C-130B 61-2637, c.n. 3673, of the 29th Tactical Airlift Squadron, hit in wheel well, crash landed at Loc Ninh, South Vietnam, burned.
• May 18 1969: USMC KC-130F BuNo 149814, c.n. 3723, of VMGR-352, collided head-on with F-4B BuNo 151450 while refuelling another F-4B over South Vietnam.
• May 23 1969: A drunken U.S. Air Force crew chief started up a C-130E, 63-7789, c.n. 3856, of the 36th Tactical Airlift Squadron at RAF Mildenhall and took off in it headed for Langley AFB, Virginia. He crashed into the English Channel off Alderney shortly thereafter. There is speculation whether the Hercules was shot down.
• May 24 1969: AC-130A 54-1629, c.n. 3016, of the 16th Special Operations Squadron, named "The Arbitrator", suffered battle damage over Laos, crash landed at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, burned. First Hercules gunship loss.
• May 27 1969: C-130A 56-0472, c.n. 3080, of the 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, hit by ground fire while landing at Katum, South Vietnam, starboard wing burned off in post-landing fire.
• May 30 1969: C-130E 62-1831, c.n. 3794, of the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, to Fairchild Maintenance Facility, St. Petersburg, Florida, written off in ground accident.
• June 23 1969: C-130B 61-0965, c.n. 3652, of the 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down on approach to Katum, South Vietnam.
• July 8 1969: C-130B, 62-3490, c.n. 3700, MAP to Imperial Iranian Air Force, 5-103, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, (1967). Sold to Pakistani Air Force, serial 23490, coded "Q". Civilian registration AS-HFQ applied. Burned during refuelling at Islamabad - as of October 1986, hull was on dump at Islamabad.
• July 16 1969: L-100 c.n. 4197, constructed May 1967 as Lockheed Aircraft Service Company N9269R; to Pacific Western Airlines, registered CF-PWO, line number 382, May 1967. Leased to Trans Mediterrean Airways,TMA, July 1967 - 1969, the only Hercules flown by this operator. Crashed Cayaya, Peru, wing hit ground during go-around in fog.
• August 26 1969: C-130B RCAF 10303, c.n. 3587, served with 435th Sqn., sold back to Lockheed-Georgia, registered N4654, July 1967. Sold to Fuerza Aérea Colombiana, serial 1002, January 1969. Crashed during landing at Bogota, burned.
• October 6 1969: C-130B 58-0718, c.n. 3513, of the 774th Tactical Airlift Squadron, suffered mid-air explosion near Chu Lai, South Vietnam, during flight to Da Nang - sabotage?
• November 24 1969: C-130A 56-0533, c.n. 3141, of the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, shot down at Ban Salou, Laos, during Blind Bat flare operation.
• December 13 1969: C-130A 56-0499, c.n. 3107, of the 41st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed during 3-engine take-off from Bu Dop, South Vietnam.
• December 15 1969: C-130E 62-1800, c.n. 3754, of the 50th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed, Taiwan, propeller reversed in flight.
• December 21 1969: Forca Aérea Brasileira C-130E FAB serial 2450, c.n. 4091, of 1 Esquadrao, 1 Grupo, Galeao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, written off at Recife, Brazil.

1970s

• March 4 1970: C-130B, 62-3489, c.n. 3699, MAP to Imperial Iranian Air Force, 5-102, of the 5th Air Transport Squadron, (1965). Sold to Pakistani Air Force, serial 23489, of 6 Squadron, written off.
• April 10 1970: C-130A 56-0510, c.n. 3118, of E Flight, 21st Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed into mountain on approach to Long Tieng, Laos, flown by Air America crew, nine killed.
• April 10 1970: C-130A 56-0516, c.n. 3124, of the 317th Tactical Airlift Wing, ditched, broke up in the Pacific Ocean off Okinawa - bleed air problem, lost two engines.
• November 9 1971: An RAF C-130K, XV216, c.n. 4243, from 24 Sqn crashed into the sea of Pisa with 46 Italian paratroopers onboard. There were no survivors.
• September 10 1973: An RAF C-130K, XV198, c.n. 4219, from 48 Sqn crashed at RAF Colerne in Wiltshire. It was carrying out co-pilot training when it was overshooting from runway 07 with a simulated engine failure when the other engine on that side failed. At that height (400ft) and speed involved, the asymmetric forces proved too much for the crew to control and the aircraft dived into the ground. The Captain was Sqn/Ldr Tony Barrett, and all 5 crew died.
• September 12 1972: An RAF C-130, XV194, c.n. 4214 veered off runway on landing at Tromsø/Langnes Airport (TOS), in Norway and ended up in a ditch. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair.
• October 15 1973:USAF C-130E, 62-1845, c.n. 3808, crashed on the north side of Sugarloaf Mountain, 20 miles south of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The aircraft exploded on impact and was destroyed by fire. All seven persons aboard were killed.
• August 27 1976:, An Venezuelan Air Force C-130H military transport aircraft, FAV-7772, c.n. 4408, named "24 de Julio" crashed after three attempts for bad weather and low visibility. The aircraft was carrying 68 passengers (members of the "Orfeón Universitário" of UCV-Venezuelan Central University, in flight to Barcelona, Spain to participate in the "Festival Internacional del Canto Coral") and 5 crew members. In all, 73 people died.

1980s

• April 24 1980: During the ill-fated secret rescue mission at an airstrip in the Great Salt Desert of Eastern Iran, near Tabas codenamed Operation Eagle Claw, an EC-130E, 62-1809, c.n. 3770, of the 7th ACCS, was destroyed in collision with a RH-53D helicopter. As the helicopter took off it clipped the C-130 and crashed, killing five USAF aircrew in the C-130, and three USMC aircrew in the RH-53 Several other RH-53s had to be abandoned at the site after suffering shrapnel damage from the collision.
• September 14 1980: A Zaire Air Force C-130H, 9T-TCE, c.n. 4569, crashed during take-off from Kindu, Zaire, during a three-engine attempt with a maximum load.
• October 15 1980:A Canadian Forces CC-130E Hercules 130312 (formerly 10312), c.n. 4061, of 436 Squadron, stalled at low level and crashed near Chapais, Quebec, while on a Search and Rescue Mission for a lost helicopter.
• November 04 1980: An Venezuelan Air Force C-130H military transport aircraft, FAV-3556, c.n. 4406, crashed after engine failure near Caracas. In all, 11 people died.
• October 29 1980: An extensively modified YMC-130H, 74-1683, c.n. 4658, crashed at Duke Field, Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field 3, Florida, during a demonstration for a planned Iranian hostage rescue attempt named Operation Credible Sport. Arresting rockets failed to fire, resulting in an extremely heavy landing that tore off the starboard wing and set the aircraft on fire. Despite this, the entire crew survived. The wrecked hull was buried at Duke Field.
• November 16 1982: A Canadian Forces CC-130H 130329, c.n. 4553, crashed during a Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) operation at Namao when the load failed to clear the Aircraft causing it to crash.
• March 29 1985: Two Canadian Forces CC-130H, 130330, c.n. 4555, and 130331, c.n. 4559, both of 435th Squadron, crashed after having a mid-air collision over CFB Namao, near Edmonton, Alberta.
• July 1 1987: A USAF C-130E, 68-10945, c.n. 4325, crashed during a military exercise at Fort Bragg, narrowly missing spectators seconds before it crashed and burned, killing four crewmen as well as a soldier on the ground. Two other crewmen were injured. The plane was displaying a low level airdrop technique in which a parachute is used to pull a tank out the rear cargo door while the plane is a few feet above the ground, known as LAPES (Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System).

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A similar Pakistan air force c-130b which carries the tail of earthquake relief opeartion.

• August 17 1988: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, President of Pakistan from 1978, was killed when the C-130B he was on (PAF 23494, ex-USAF 62-3494, c.n. 3708) reportedly crashed shortly after take off from Bahawalpur. All on board were killed, including the US ambassador to Pakistan, a US general and 17 top ranking Pakistan Army personnel. Two of the scheduled passengers who did not board the aircraft later reached the highest rank in Pakistan Army, chiefly because most of their seniors died in this incident. One of them is the current president of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf. Although many people do not consider this an accident, neither Pakistan nor US government properly investigated the incident and made the findings public. Some researchers claim that there was a bomb hidden in the mango crates which were loaded on the plane without proper clearance. Eyewitnesses claim that the aircraft exploded in the air. Such claims were declared false by the government and the remains of the aircraft were swiftly disposed of.
• January 30 1989: A Canadian Forces CC-130E, 130318 (formerly 10318), c.n. 4124, which was serving with 435 Squadron when it crashed 600 feet short of the runway during a night approach at -46C, in Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

1990s

• October 30 1991: An AIRCOM CC-130 Hercules transport aircraft, CAF 130322, c.n. 4192, flying to Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Alert from Edmonton, Alberta via Thule, Greenland, was on final approach to the airstrip. The pilot apparently was flying by sight rather than relying on instruments. The aircraft crashed on Ellesmere Island approximately 18 miles short of the runway, killing 5 of the 18 passengers and crew. Subsequent rescue efforts by personnel from CFS Alert, USAF personnel from Thule, and CF personnel from 440 Squadron, CFB Edmonton, Alberta and Trenton, Ontario, were hampered by a blizzard and local terrain. The crash investigation recommended all CC-130s be retrofitted with ground proximity detectors and beefed-up Arctic Survival Equipment. The crash and rescue efforts were the basis of a film called "Ordeal in the Arctic."
• February 6 1992: A C-130B, 58-0732, c.n. 3527, of the 165th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Kentucky Air National Guard, with five crew aboard (3 pilots, 1 flight engineer and 1 loadmaster), stalled on take-off and crashed one mile south of Evansville Regional Airport, Evansville, Indiana, United States, on U.S. Highway 41. Sixteen people were killed in the crash and fifteen others were injured.
• February 3 1993: A Lockheed L-100-20, c.n. 4412, used as the Lockheed HTTB (High Technology Test Bed), crashed at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, in Marietta, GA. The Lockheed engineering testbed was used to evaluate the fly-by-wire rudder actuator and the ground minimum control speed (VMCG). During the final high-speed ground test-run, the aircraft accidentally veered left and became airborne. The Hercules climbed to 250 feet and crashed. All 7 crew aboard perished in the crash, in which a Navy clinic was narrowly missed.
• May 27 1993: An RAF C-130K Hercules, 65-13038 (c/n 4213, XV193), crashed at Glen Tilt, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland when it stalled after cargo drop. 8 RAF crew and one Army Air Despatcher on board perished.
• July 22 1993:A Canadian Forces CC-130E 130321 (formerly 10321), c.n. 4191, 435 Squadron, Edmonton Alberta crashed while performing a low level practice LAPES drop at CFB Wainwright, Alberta. During the drop the airplane hit a berm and crashed in prairie grassland, breaking up in three pieces.
• March 23 1994: an F-16D Fighting Falcon, USAF 88-0171, collided in midair with a C-130E Hercules, USAF 68-10942, c.n. 4322, at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., at Green Ramp, where paratroopers from adjacent Fort Bragg prepare for missions. The F-16D skidded into a C-141B Starlifter, USAF 66-0173, on Pope’s flight line. The ensuing explosion sent debris raining down on soldiers and airmen waiting to board. The C-130 managed to land safely. The incident was described in “Disaster at Green Ramp” a book by Mary Ellen Condon-Rall.
• August 13 1994:: A civilian Lockheed C-130A, N135FF, former USAF 56-0540, c.n. 3148, operating as Tanker 82, crashed in steep mountainous terrain near Pearblossom, California. The aircraft was destroyed, killing the three people on board. The aircraft was owned by Aero Firefighting Service Company, Inc., and was operated by Hemet Valley Flying Service, Inc., on lease to the U.S. Forest Service as a public use aircraft.
• July 15 1996: A C-130H, CH-06, c.n. 4473, of the Belgian Air Force, crashed at Eindhoven AB in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. The aircraft was carrying 37 members of the Dutch Army Fanfare Band, 2 pilots, 1 engineer and 1 loadmaster (41 total). The aircraft had departed from Villafranca in Italy. It is believed that the co-pilot initiated a go-around after noticing a flock of birds on the runway. Some were ingested resulting in loss of power on three engines. The aircraft hit the runway and caught fire. Thirty two people died in the crash and resulting fire. Nine heavily burned survivors were rescued, 2 of whom later died in the hospital.
• June 11 1999: An RAF C-130 Hercules, (c/n 4264, XV298), crashed at Kukes, Albania when the load shifted on take-off.

2000s

• January 14 2000: A Bolivian Air Force C-130B, serial TAM60, former USAF 58-0758, c.n. 3559, crashed at Chimorre Airport (Bolivia). The aircraft departed down the left side of runway 35, but 600 meters from the approach end, impacted into a ditch and came to rest in a forested area off the left side of the runway. The aircraft was a total loss with 7 crew and 24 passengers dead.
• June 17 2002: While fighting a fire in northern California, the starboard wing of a C-130A Hercules, N130HP, former USAF 56-0538, c.n. 3146, operated by Hawkins & Powers Aviation, came off as the spar failed during a pull-out from a drop near Walker, California. It rolled inverted and crashed into the forest, killing all three crew. This second C-130A fire fighting crash, coupled with the loss of PB4Y-2 N7620C at Estes Park, Colorado on July 18, 2002, resulted in the Interior Department canceling its contract for all heavy tankers.
• December 29 2004: In the darkness, an MC-130H Talon II, USAF 85-0012, c.n. 5054, of the 15th Special Operations Squadron, landed on an incomplete runway in Iraq. The aircraft was destroyed but fortunately there were no deaths. pictures
• January 30 2005: An RAF C-130K Hercules C.1, XV179. c.n. 4195, with 10 crew on board was hit by insurgent fire while taking off from Baghdad airport for Balad. A fire triggered by the hit induced an explosion in the right hand wing fuel tank.
• December 6 2005:, An Iranian Air Force C-130E military transport aircraft, IIAF 5-8519, c.n. 4399, crashed into a ten-floor apartment building, home to a number of air force personnel, in a residential area of Tehran, the capital city of Iran. The aircraft was carrying 84 passengers (68 of whom were journalists due to watch military exercises off the country's south coast) and 10 crew members. In all, 116 people died.
• May 24 2006: A Special Forces RAF Hercules C.1P XV206, c.n. 4231, of No. 47 Squadron's Special Forces Flight carrying the new British ambassador in Afghanistan, Stephen Evans, crash landed at a dirt landing strip outside the town of Lashkar Gar in the in Helmand Province, Afghanistan after hitting a landmine on roll-out which holed the port external fuel tank and set the number two engine on fire. All nine crew and 26 passengers aboard safely evacuated, but the airframe burned out. It was later revealed that the Hercules was carrying a large number of SAS troops as well as a large amount of cash described as being one million dollars in some sources, and as "more than one million pounds" by others, while the MoD only admitted to a "sizeable amount of cash". The money was apparently destined for local warlords in exchange for their influence and intelligence.
• June 11 2006: Lockheed Hercules C-130H, Chad Air Force TT-PAF, formerly Lockheed N73238, c.n. 5141, crashed at Abéché, Chad.
• July 28 2006: United States Coast Guard Lockheed Hercules HC-130H, CG 1710, c.n. 5028, crashed at Saint Paul Island, Alaska. There were no reported injuries among the nine crewmen on board.
• August 13 2006:, a Civilian Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules belonging to Air Algeria, registered 7T-VHG, formerly Lockheed N4148M, c.n. 4880, was destroyed when it collided with terrain following a high-rate descent from 24,000 feet in Piacenza, Italy. The pilot, co-pilot, and flight engineer were killed.

References

• Olausson, Lars, Lockheed Hercules Production List - 1954-2007 - 24th ed., Satenäs, Sweden, 2006.ä