List of C-130 Hercules Crashes - Non-US Operators Crashes By Country - Canada

Canada

  • 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.
  • 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. Canadian Hercules switched from '103' prefix' to '130' prefix on June 26, 1970 thus this aircraft lost as 10309.
  • July 16, 1969 : L-100 c/n 4197, delivered May 1967 as Lockheed Aircraft Service Company N9269R; to Pacific Western Airlines, registered CF-PWO, line number 382, May 1967. Leased to Trans Mediterranean Airways, July 1967 – 1969, the only Hercules flown by this operator. Crashed Cayaya, Peru, wing hit ground during go-around in fog.
  • November 21, 1976 : L-100-20 c/n 4361, constructed December 1969 as Lockheed Aircraft Company N7982S, sold to Pacific Western Airlines, registered CF-PWX, line number 384, December 1969 – crashed at Eastville, near Kisangani, Zaire, low fuel, emergency landing in fog at night.Field landing lights off on arrival, not enough fuel to return, let down in jungle, one survivor.
  • 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.
  • April 11, 1982 : L-100 c/n 4170, delivered September 1966, Delta Air Lines N9258R, line number 302, October 1966, modified to L-100-20, August 1970, sold to Pacific Western Airlines, CF-PWK, line number 386, November 1970. Leased to Northwest Territorial Airways, April 1980, burned on ground, off-loading gasoline, Paulatuk, Northwest Territory (69N, 124W).
  • 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 435 Squadron, crashed after having a mid-air collision over CFB Namao, near Edmonton, Alberta. This remains the only dual Hercules mid-air collision.
  • January 29, 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.
  • 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 Air Base, 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 AB 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.
  • 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 into three pieces. Five of the 9 military personnel onboard died.

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