ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 323436
| Date: | Wednesday 6 September 2000 |
| Time: | 08:03 |
| Type: |  Lockheed C-130A Hercules |
| Owner/operator: | T & G Aviation |
| Registration: | N116TG |
| MSN: | 3086 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1957 |
| Engine model: | Allison T56-A-9D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 15 km NW Aubenas -
 France
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Fire fighting |
| Departure airport: | Marseille-Provence Airport (MRS/LFML) |
| Marseille-Provence Airport (MRS/LFML) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The Hercules, operating for the French Sécurité Civile, crashed while it was dumping water over a forest fire in southeastern France.
The aircraft had just carried out a first passage; on the second one it flew into a hill.
Sources:
AP
Drames aeriens dans le departement de l´Ardèche
Location
Images:
photo (c) Peter Frei; Chandler, AZ; 17 October 1995
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