Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 06 MAY 2010 |
| Type: | Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.3A |
| Operator: | Royal Air Force - RAF |
| Registration: | XV304 |
| C/n / msn: | 4273 |
| First flight: | 1967 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Brize Norton RAF Station (BZZ) (United Kingdom) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Brize Norton RAF Station (BZZ/EGVN), United Kingdom |
| Brize Norton RAF Station (BZZ/EGVN), United Kingdom |
Made a wheels up landing at Brize Norton, Oxfordshire suffering CAT3 damage. Initial investigations found no fault with the aircraft systems. Aircraft used for spares recovery, then Ground Instructional use at Brize Norton.
Sources:
» Flightglobal (7-5-2011)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Brize Norton RAF Station to Brize Norton RAF Station as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
Distance from Brize Norton RAF Station to Brize Norton RAF Station as the crow flies is NAN km (NAN miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
