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: |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | North Battleford, SK -
Canada
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Rivers RCAF Station, MB (YYI) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: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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